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Suspect in deadly Washington state mall shooting identified

This video image provided by Skagit County Department of Emergency Management shows a suspect wanted by the authorities regarding a shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Wash., Friday,... Read more
Israel PM hopes Obama won't make final push for Palestinians

JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister said yesterday he hopes President Barack Obama refrains from pushing for a Palestinian state in his final months in office. Benjamin Netanyahu told... Read more
US General: 10 percent of Afghanistan under Taliban control

FILE – In this July 27, 2016 file photo, U.S. Army Gen. John Nicholson is interviewed by The Associated Press at his office in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban have control over 10 perc... Read more
Minister: Japan to increase activities in South China Sea

Japan’s new Defense Minister Tomomi Inada inspects a honor guard on her first day at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo. Inada, who holds her first meeting with U.S. counterpart Ash Carter... Read more
50 injured by PKK car bomb in east Turkey

Security members stand as firefighters work to extinguish a fire after a car bomb attack in the city center of Van, eastern Turkey, Monday, Sept. 12, 2016. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu n... Read more
Dustin Moskovitz, a Facebook co-founder, poses outside of his office in San Francisco. Moskovitz says he is giving $20 million to help defeat Donald Trump, calling the Republican presidentia...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks with ‘Today’ show co-anchor Matt Lauer at the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space museum ab... Read more
RALEIGH – One of the world’s largest investment funds is dumping its shares in Duke Energy Corp. because it sees too much risk in what it called the largest US electric company... Read more
PARIS — Crowds rallied yesterday in the French capital to urge an end to violence against the Asian community, after the beating death of a Chinese tailor called new attention to ethnic tens... Read more
Irma Escuero, of New York, holds a statue of Mother Teresa prior to the start of a mass celebrated by Pope Francis where will be canonized in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday... Read more