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.
California Governor Jerry Brown said on Saturday he was aiming for a big win as he sets off for China to pitch the Golden state's wine, produce and technology and open a trade office in Shanghai.
Young ballet dancers take part in auditions for six-year-olds at the School of American Ballet (SAB) at Lincoln Center in New York, April 5, 2013.
One person was dead and another was injured after a shooting at a daycare in Gatineau, Canada's capital region, on Friday morning. All 53 children as well as daycare staff were safe, police said.
Connecticut lawmakers voted to approve a new gun-control bill in response to last December's shooting in which 20 children and six adults were killed.
The US will deploy a land-based ballistic missile defense system to Guam in the coming weeks as a precautionary move to strengthen the regional defense posture against the DPRK regional ballistic missile threats.
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday met with South Korea's new Minister of Foreign Affairs of the ROK Yun Byung-se at the Pentagon, reiterating US commitment to its alliance with the ROK.
A 10-day campaign started Tuesday in Venezuela for the upcoming presidential election later this month, and candidates are expected to present their proposals to the entire nation.
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim called for global actions toward ending extreme poverty by 2030 and improving the lives of most vulnerable people in the developing countries.
Jamaica is engaging an Italian firm to carry out a feasibility study on five sites around the island nation to develop hydropower.
A female Rothschild giraffe, named Sandy Hope, is groomed by its mother and another female giraffe at the LEO Zoological Conservation Center in Greenwich, Connecticut April 2, 2013.
Obama unveiled a 100-million-US-dollar initiative to unlock the mystery of human brain in hopes of eventually finding cures for disorders like Alzheimer's, epilepsy and traumatic injuries.
US President Barack Obama is leaning toward picking Caroline Kennedy to be the next US ambassador to Japan, a source said.
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