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September 22, 2017

US says it's troubled by Rohingya crisis, Myanmar response

The top U.S. diplomat for Southeast Asia says America remains deeply troubled by the ongoing crisis in Myanmar's Rakhine ...

September 22, 2017

Puerto Rico faces weeks without electricity after Maria

The eye of Hurricane Maria was nearing the Turks and Caicos early Friday as Puerto Rico sought to recover from the storm's ...

September 22, 2017

Kim fires off insults at Trump and hints at weapons test

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has lobbed a string of insults at President Donald Trump, calling him a "mentally deranged U.

September 22, 2017

China: Trump bank ban statement 'not consistent' with facts

A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman has said U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that Beijing ordered Chinese banks ...

September 22, 2017

Solar boom or bust? Companies seek tariffs on solar imports

Cheap solar panels imported from China and other countries have led to a boom in the U.S. solar industry, where rooftop and ...

September 22, 2017

Trump piles on new economic sanctions against North Korea

President Donald Trump has added economic action to his fiery military threats against North Korea, authorizing stiffer new ...

September 22, 2017

Texas asks court to allow its ban on 'sanctuary cities'

Attorneys for Texas are asking a federal appeals court in New Orleans to let the state's law banning "sanctuary cities" take ...

September 22, 2017

North Korean leader Kim called Trump a what? A 'dotard'

Famous for using bombastic, derogatory and often-awkward English slams against enemies, North Korean state media sent people ...

September 22, 2017

Panel weighs governor request to move Confederate monuments

The location of three Confederate memorials standing on North Carolina's old Capitol grounds for over a century could depend ...

September 22, 2017

US Senate contender has history of provocative comments

Roy Moore, a firebrand jurist who is close to snagging the state's Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Alabama, once ...

September 22, 2017

Trump to dive into Senate runoff in Alabama

It's Trump versus Trumpland. President Donald Trump's political muscles are getting a workout in a Republican runoff election ...

September 22, 2017

The Latest: Kim says Trump will 'pay dearly' for threat

The Latest on President Donald Trump and North Korea (all times local): 7:30 p.m. President Donald Trump has added economic ...

September 22, 2017

Off to Mexico? Prepare to wait at busiest US border crossing

The busiest border crossing in the United States will close this weekend to the more than 40,000 cars that pass through it ...

September 22, 2017

5 things to know about N. Korean leader's rebuke of Trump

On the surface it seems like more of the same: North Korea responds to another threat by U.S. President Donald Trump by ...

September 22, 2017

US beefs up NKorea sanctions, Kim Jong Un insults Trump

President Donald Trump added economic action to his fiery military threats against North Korea on Thursday, authorizing ...

September 22, 2017

Kin of fallen Japan soldiers pay respects at Pearl Harbor

Dozens of descendants of Japanese soldiers killed in World War II visited Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Thursday to pay respects ...

September 22, 2017

Powerless: Puerto Rico faces weeks without electricity

The sky was darkening Thursday afternoon as 10-year-old Sarah Jimenez laid out three plastic buckets on her grandmother's ...

September 22, 2017

A test for Trump's political muscle in Alabama Senate runoff

It's Trump versus Trumpland. President Donald Trump's political muscles are getting a workout in a Republican runoff election ...

September 22, 2017

Text of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's response to Trump

In a rare if not unprecedented move, North Korea released a statement directly from its leader in response to President ...