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.
Two people were shot outside of a county courthouse in the US state of South Carolina, local media reported on Wednesday.
The European Union (EU) and the United States (US) had decided to initiate internal procedures to launch negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA), chief of the European Commission said on Wednesday.
US Treasury Secretary nominee Jacob Lew on Wednesday warned of the harms to be caused by the looming government spending cuts scheduled to kick in on March 1.
US President Barack Obama urged the Congress to move on the long-time divisive issue of gun control in the first State of the Union address of his second term on Tuesday.
A US Senate panel approved Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama's new secretary of defense on Tuesday, setting the stage for a vote on his confirmation by the full Senate, possibly this week.
Two US police officers were injured in a shoot-out with fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner on Tuesday, according to US media reports.
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said that the United States remains steadfast in its defense commitments to the Republic of Korea (ROK), including the extended deterrence offered by the US nuclear umbrella in his phone call with Republic of Korea President Lee Myung-bak.
US President Barack Obama condemned the nuclear test conducted Tuesday by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as "highly provocative," while urging for "further swift and credible action" by the international community.
A cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico with more than 4,200 passengers and crew aboard will be towed to Mexico after an engine fire set the ship adrift, US media reported Monday.
A consumer touches the face of Lego Friends sculpture "Stephanie" at Toy Fair 2013 in New York, February 11, 2013.
In the dead of winter, many girl-watchers' thoughts turn to warmer days ahead.
Hundreds of America's best-kept and well-behaved dogs paraded before judges and an adoring public on Monday in the 137th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, where Labrador lovers longed for an upset victory for Best of Show.
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