U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish security forces have launched a new operation targeting Islamic State sleeper cells in a large northeastern detention camp where violence has reached record levels.
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The Church of Scientology wants the U.S. Supreme Court to force three ex-members who have sued the organization over harassment received after reporting actor Danny Masterton for sexual abuse to move the case from civil courts to a “religious arbitration” system.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Transportation Department on Saturday took steps to help alleviate potential fuel shortages in four states after the unanticipated shutdown of the BP Whiting, Indiana refinery.
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If House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offended the Chinese Communist Party with her visit to Taiwan, Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn might well send China’s rulers into apoplexy.
Indian authorities demolished two illegally constructed skyscrapers in a wide plume of dust debris on Sunday near the capital New Delhi, razing the tallest structures ever pulled down in the country in less than 10 seconds.
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Austin, Texas, a city that prides itself on being weird, faces the awkward task of explaining how – in a city whose primary claims to fame are its government, college football team, and permissive attitude toward virtually all lifestyles and belief systems – a man was fired for following his heart.
A half century after the end of NASA’s Apollo era, the U.S. space agency’s long-anticipated bid to return astronauts to the moon’s surface remains at least three years away, with much of the necessary hardware still on the drawing board.
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The American Action Network, a conservative and center-right organization based in Washington, D.C., has dedicated several hundred thousand dollars in an effort to sway public opinion against President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
Central banks will fail to control inflation and could even push price growth higher unless governments start playing their part with more prudent budget policies, according to a study presented to policymakers at the Jackson Hole conference in the United States.
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A federal court in Fort Worth, Texas has struck down a state law that prohibits adults under the age of 21 from carrying a handgun for self-defense outside of their home or obtaining a license to carry a handgun.