UC Santa Barbara students attend a candlelight vigil following Friday's series of drive-by shootings that left 7 people dead in the Isla Vista section of Santa Barbara May 24, 2014.
The death toll of last Saturday's Asiana Airlines crash increased to three after another Chinese girl died in the San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center on Friday.
The US military unveiled Thursday one of its most-advanced humanoid robots known as Atlas, which was created to assist in future emergency situations.
US President Barack Obama raised US concerns directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin on former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, but there was no sign of a breakthrough.
One of the two teenage Chinese girls who died in the Asiana plane crash at San Francisco airport on Saturday was run over by a fire truck rushing to the scene.
SSA Chinese girl died in hospital on Friday, becoming the third fatality in the crash of an Asiana Airlines jet at San Francisco airport last Saturday. 
Special report Girl was run over by fire truck
Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang (right) chats with US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and US Trade Representative Michael Froman during an early morning meeting in Washington on July 12.
If Chinese and United States leaders hammer out and agree on their long-discussed investment treaty, Chinese officials and observers believe the deal will further encourage Chinese outbound investment in the US.
China's Finance Minister Lou Jiwei cautioned the US Federal Reserve to beware of risks to the global financial system after the Fed said that it may quit its quantitative easing policy.
China and the United States should maintain their own characteristics as they strive to keep their bilateral relationship on the right track, Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang said at a dinner reception during the fifth round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue, or S&ED, held in Washington on Thursday.
Beijing and Washington agreed on Thursday to restart stalled negotiations on an investment treaty.
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New York City Firefighters arrive at the scene of a five-story building that partially collapsed after a reported explosion in New York July 11, 2013.
Investigators have found no evidence of mechanical problems with Asiana Flight 214, the head of the US National Transportation Safety Board said.
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