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| Jan.5 |
Washington |
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Obama: US gun control inaction must end |
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| Jan.7 |
Manhattan |
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Wall Street sinks as China turmoil hits global shares
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| Jan.11 |
 Manhattan |
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David Bowie dies of cancer aged 69 One of the most influential musicians of his era 'died peacefully, surrounded by his family' after an '18-month battle with cancer'
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| Jan.12 |
U.S. Congress |
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Obama puts 'focus on the future' in State of the Union address |
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| Jan.14 |
Southern California |
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Record $1.6bn US Powerball lottery has three winners
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| Jan.16 |
Iran |
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Jason Rezaian and three other US prisoners freed in Iran |
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| Jan.21 |
Philadelphia |
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'Crippling' snow storm could slam US east coast |
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| Jan.22 |
North Carolina |
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US snowstorm: Millions prepare for huge blizzard |
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Washington |
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Massive US blizzard advances north |
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| Jan.23 |
New York |
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East coast struck by mammoth snowfall 
Parts of the eastern United States have received more than two feet (71cm) of snow fall in a huge blizzard that is sweeping across the regio...
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| Jan.24 |
New York |
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New York begins clear-up after mammoth snowfall |
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| Jan.25 |
Washington |
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'Putin is corrupt' says US Treasury |
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| Jan.26 |
Oregon |
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Oregon armed protest leader Ammon Bundy seized in deadly clash
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| Jan.28 |
Iowa |
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Republicans debate without Donald Trump |
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Iowa |
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Republican rivals mock Trump over no-show |
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| Feb.1 |
Iowa |
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Ted Cruz wins Iowa Republican vote |
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| Feb.2 |
Dallas |
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Zika virus infection 'through sex' reported in US |
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| Feb.6 |
New Hampshire |
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Rubio assailed by Republican rivals |
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| Feb.7 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Broncos beat Panthers for first Super Bowl title since 1998 |
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| Feb.9 |
New Hampshire |
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Trump and Sanders win primary |
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| Feb.11 |
Munich |
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World powers agree Syria ceasefire, says John Kerry |
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Oregon |
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Oregon stand-off: Final occupier surrenders |
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| Feb.13 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
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Antonin Scalia, conservative US Supreme Court justice, dies
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| Feb.18 |
Mexico |
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Pope tells Trump building walls ‘not Christian’ on way back to Vatican
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| Feb.21 |
South Carolina |
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Trump wins South Carolina, as Clinton takes Nevada |
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| Feb.22 |
Syria |
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Syria conflict: US-Russia brokered truce 'to start at weekend' |
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| Feb.23 |
Nevada |
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Donald Trump wins big in Nevada |
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| Feb.27 |
South Carolina |
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South Carolina primary: Clinton eases to victory |
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| Feb.28 |
Los Angeles |
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Leonardo DiCaprio finally wins Academy Award |
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| Mar.1 |
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Hillary Clinton and Trump rack up more wins on Super Tuesday
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| Mar.6 |
Washington |
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Nancy Reagan death: President Obama leads tributes |
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North Korea |
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North Korea threatens US and S Korea with nuclear strikes |
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| Mar.7 |
Los Angeles |
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Maria Sharapova failed drugs test at Australian Open
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| Mar.11 |
Chicago |
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Trump calls off rally following violent clashes |
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| Mar.15 |
Florida |
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Clinton surges as Trump's march slowed |
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North Korea |
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US student Otto Warmbier given hard labour in North Korea |
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| Mar.16 |
Washington |
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Merrick Garland to be Obama's Supreme Court nominee |
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| Mar.20 |
 Cuba |
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Barack Obama in Cuba at start of historic visit 
President Barack Obama is the first sitting US president to visit since the 1959 revolution, which heralded decades of hostility
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| Mar.21 |
FBI |
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FBI 'may be able to unlock San Bernardino iPhone' |
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Cuba |
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Obama and Castro spar over human rights |
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| Mar.26 |
Washington State |
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US Election 2016: Sanders wins in Washington, Alaska, Hawaii |
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| Mar.28 |
FBI |
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Investigators break into dead San Bernardino gunman's iPhone |
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| Apr.1 |
Washington |
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Nuclear terrorist attack would 'change our world', says Obama |
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| Apr.5 |
Wisconsin |
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Cruz 'wins Wisconsin' in blow of Trump |
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| Apr.10 |
Japan |
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John Kerry makes historic visit to Hiroshima memorial |
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| Apr.13 |
Russia |
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Russian warplanes 'aggressively' pass US missile destroyer
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| Apr.19 |
New York |
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Trump and Clinton victorious in NY
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| Apr.21 |
Minnesota |
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Prince, singer and superstar, dies aged 57 at Paisley Park The hugely popular, acclaimed and influential musician Prince has died at his home. Police were summoned to his estate and found his body in...
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San Francisco Bay Area |
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VW reaches US deal in emissions scandal |
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| Apr.26 |
Pennsylvania |
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Trump sweeps all five US states |
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| Apr.28 |
North Korea |
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US man Kim Dong-chul jailed for spying in North Korea |
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| May.3 |
Indiana |
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Cruz drops out after key Trump win Republican Donald Trump beats his rival Ted Cruz in Indiana and has a clear path to the nomination. Sanders has beaten Hillary Clinton
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| May.17 |
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US election: Donald Trump open to talks with N. Korea |
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| May.18 |
Southern China |
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Chinese jets intercept US spy plane over South China Sea |
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| Jun.4 |
Arizona |
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Boxing legend Muhammad Ali dies at 74 Map of Scottsdale Arizona Arizona| The former world heavyweight champion died late on Friday at a hospital in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, having been admitted on Thursday. Crowned 'Sportsman of the Ce... | |
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| Jun.6 |
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Hillary Clinton 'secures Democratic nomination' | Hillary Clinton has clinched the Democratic nomination for US president after reaching the required number of delegates, an AP tally suggests | |
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| Jun.7 |
New York |
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US election 2016: Clinton hails 'milestone for women' |
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| Jun.9 |
Washington |
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Obama officially endorses Hillary Clinton |
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| Jun.11 |
Florida |
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Singer Christina Grimmie's killer 'came to confront her' |
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| Jun.12 |
Florida |
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Orlando gay nightclub shooting: 50 killed, suspect is Omar Mateen Map of Pulse club Orlando FL Florida The gunman was killed after taking hostages. Another 53 people were injured at the Pulse club in the worst mass shooting in recent US history
| The killings were likely to be ideologically motivated, though there was no information that the gunman was associated with a particular group. The suspect, who was a US citizen from the town of Port St Lucie, Florida, and was of Afghan descent, was not on a terrorism watch list
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Washington |
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Obama: Gay nightclub shooting 'an act of terror and hate' |
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| Jun.14 |
Florida |
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Orlando gunman's wife, Noor Salman, 'may face charges' |
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| Jun.15 |
Florida |
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Body of boy seized by alligator found |
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| Jun.16 |
Florida |
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Orlando shooting: Obama condemns LGBT discrimination |
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| Jun.24 |
Mid-Atlantic states |
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Twenty people die in West Virginia floods |
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| Jun.25 |
Mid-Atlantic states |
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West Virginia deadly floods: Hundreds rescued, 23 dead
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| Jun.26 |
New Jersey |
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Chile wins Copa America over Argentina on PKs |
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| Jul.4 |
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Juno probe enters into orbit around Jupiter |
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| Jul.6 |
Louisiana |
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Fresh protests over Louisiana shooting |
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| Jul.7 |
Dallas |
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Dallas protest: 5 police officers dead in sniper shooting Map of Main Street and S. Lamar Street Dallas TX USA Four Dallas police officers have been shot dead by sniper fire during protests against the shooting of black men by police
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| Jul.17 |
Louisiana |
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Baton Rouge shootings: Gunman's videos show anger at US police |
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| Jul.19 |
Ohio |
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Trump seals Republican nomination |
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| Jul.21 |
Ohio |
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US election: Donald Trump promises a 'safer' America
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| Jul.22 |
Virginia |
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Hillary Clinton selects Tim Kaine as her running mate
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| Jul.26 |
Philadelphia |
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Hillary became first woman to be officially nominated
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| Jul.29 |
Miami |
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Zika virus: Florida cases may to be first US-based infections |
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| Aug.8 |
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Delta: Power cut strands thousands of passengers
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| Aug.9 |
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Anger over Donald Trump gun rights remarks
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| Aug.11 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Michael Phelps makes history to win 22nd Olympic gold
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| Aug.13 |
 Rio de Janeiro |
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Michael Phelps bows out of Games with gold in men's relay Map of Olympic Aquatics Stadium Rio de Janeiro Brazil He won his 23rd Olympic gold in what looks like being his final Games. Phelps, 31, secured his fifth gold of Rio 2016 to set a new Games record
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| Aug.14 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Usain Bolt wins 100m gold, Justin Gatlin second
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| Aug.15 |
Washington |
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Guantanamo: US in largest detainee transfer under Obama |
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| Aug.18 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Olympics: US swimmers not robbed - police chief Four US swimmers who said they had been robbed in Rio de Janeiro were not victims of crime, the head of the city's civil police has insisted
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Southern California |
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California wildfires: Ferocious fires evict thousands
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| Sep.1 |
Florida |
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SpaceX rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral ahead of launch
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Florida |
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Hurricane Hermine makes landfall on Florida coast
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| Sep.5 |
Laos |
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Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe |
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| Sep.7 |
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Trump says Putin 'a leader far more than our president' |
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| Sep.9 |
Geneva |
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Syrian conflict: US and Russia agree peace moves
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| Sep.11 |
Manhattan |
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Hillary Clinton diagnosed with pneumonia
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| Sep.17 |
Manhattan |
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New York City: At least 29 wounded in 'intentional' explosion
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| Sep.19 |
Washington |
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Syria conflict: US 'outraged' over aid convoy attack The US government has expressed 'outrage' over an attack on an aid convoy near the Syrian city of Aleppo that, a war monitor says, left 12 dead
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New Jersey |
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Ahmad Kham Rahami arrested in connection with the New York blasts |
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| Sep.20 |
Washington |
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Syria conflict: US 'holds Russia responsible' for deadly aid attack |
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Angelina Jolie to divorce Brad Pitt |
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| Sep.21 |
North Carolina |
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State of emergency for Charlotte as unrest over police shooting continues Map of Charlotte North Carolina North Carolina The governor of N. Carolina has declared a state of emergency in the city, sending in the National Guard, as unrest continues
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| Sep.22 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Attack on Yahoo hit 500 million users |
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| Sep.26 |
New York |
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Sparks fly in Clinton-Trump duel Map of Hofstra University Hempstead New York New York The two US presidential candidates have clashed over jobs, terrorism and race in a bitter television debate
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| Oct.7 |
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Senior Republicans condemn Trump's lewd comments about women
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| Oct.28 |
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Clinton 'confident' on new FBI email probe
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| Oct.30 |
U.S. Senate |
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Clinton emails: FBI chief may have broken law The Democratic leader in the Senate says James Comey may have broken the law by revealing the bureau was investigating emails possibly linked...
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| Nov.2 |
Ohio |
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Chicago Cubs win baseball World Series after 108 dry years The Chicago Cubs have won Major League Baseball's World Series over Cleveland, ending the longest title drought in the gam
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| Nov.4 |
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Trump momentum forces new Clinton effort |
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| Nov.6 |
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Trump cries foul as FBI clears Clinton |
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| Nov.7 |
North Carolina |
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US candidates hold final rallies before election day |
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| Nov.8 |
Florida |
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Trump edges ahead in key states Trump win in the all-important swing state of Florida. Clinton camp remains optimistic. Mexican peso continues to crash
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Trump wins presidency He is projected to win key states of Ohio, N. Carolina and Florida. Clinton is projected to win Virginia and Northeastern states
| Republicans have kept control of both the Senate and House
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| Nov.10 |
Washington |
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Donald Trump and Barack Obama meet at White House US President-elect Donald Trump has said it was a 'great honour' to meet President Barack Obama for transition talks at the White House
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| Nov.11 |
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Trump likes main Obamacare provisions 'very much' |
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| Nov.18 |
New York |
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Trump settles Trump University lawsuits for $25m |
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| Nov.21 |
Mid-Atlantic states |
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Trump: US to quit TPP trade deal on first day in office |
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| Dec.1 |
Ohio |
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Trump names Gen James 'Mad Dog' Mattis as defence secretary |
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| Dec.2 |
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Trump breaks US policy stance with direct Taiwan call US President-elect has spoken directly with the president of Taiwan - breaking with US policy set in 1979 when formal relations were cut
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| Dec.3 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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At least 9 dead, 25 unaccounted for in Oakland fire |
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| Dec.9 |
CIA |
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Russia 'intervened to promote Trump' - US intelligence
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| Dec.15 |
Washington |
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Obama vows action against Russia over election hacks US President has vowed to take action against Russia for its alleged interference in the US presidential election campaign
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| Dec.19 |
Washington |
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Donald Trump wins electoral college vote
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| Dec.26 |
Hawaii |
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe in Hawaii for landmark Pearl Harbor visit Abe has visited several memorials in Hawaii, ahead of a visit to Pearl Harbor, the US naval base attacked by the Japanese in 1941
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| Dec.28 |
Washington |
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John Kerry warns Israel over peace deal with Palestinians |
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| Dec.29 |
Washington |
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Obama expels 35 Russian diplomats in retaliation for hacking| The administration announced its retaliation for Russian efforts to interfere with the US presidential election, ordering sweeping new sanctions | |
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