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Florida shooting: NRA-linked firms hit by consumer boycott

More than half a dozen US companies have cut ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA) as consumers urge a boycott of businesses linked to the politically powerful gun lobby.
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Spring snow storm blankets eastern US

A storm blanketing the north-eastern United States with snow, ice, and winds has caused travel chaos and work closures on the first full day spring.

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Mark Zuckerberg ‘to testify before US Congress’ on data leak to Cambridge Analytica

FACEBOOK chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly bowed to pressure and has agreed to testify before US Congress on a massive data leak.

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Trump: 'NO MORE DACA DEAL'

Washington (CNN) - President Donald Trump again called for an end to the filibuster and said there will be no deal with Democrats on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA.

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Female suspect in shooting at YouTube's headquarters died of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say

The suspect in a shooting at YouTube's headquarters in California's Bay Area is believed to be a woman who was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

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Facebook chief testifies to Congress

Facebook's 14-year-history of apologies

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Trump pardons Scooter Libby, the Cheney aide convicted of lying to the FBI

Justice Department officials said Friday that Libby did not have a pardon application pending with the Office of the Pardon Attorney — a process that requires an FBI background check.

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Former first lady Barbara Bush, wife and mother of presidents, declines medical treatment

Her son George W. Bush, now 71 and the nation's 43rd president, served from 2001-09 and retired to Texas.

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George H W Bush hospitalised a day after his wife's funeral

Former US President George H W Bush has been hospitalised with an infection just days after his wife Barbara died.

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U.S. Supreme Court leans toward upholding Trump's travel ban

But conservative Justice Samuel Alito said during the argument that the text of Trump's proclamation announcing the ban "does not look at all like a Muslim ban."

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Kilauea: Hawaii emergency declared over volcano eruption

Kilauea volcano has erupted near a residential area on Hawaii's largest island, prompting a local state of emergency and the mandatory evacuation of 1,700 residents.

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Eric Schneiderman, Accused by 4 Women, Quits as New York Attorney General

All the women in the article, who had been romantically involved with Mr. Schneiderman, said the violence was not consensua

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Obama and Kerry blast Trump decision to withdraw from Iran deal

He added, “I believe that the decision to put the JCPOA at risk without any Iranian violation of the deal is a serious mistake.”

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Jeff Sessions is exerting unprecedented control over immigration courts — by ruling on cases himself

The attorney general is poised to issue decisions that could determine the fate of tens of thousands of immigrants.

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Stormy Daniels: Trump discloses payment to reimburse lawyer

US President Donald Trump has officially disclosed his reimbursement to his lawyer for a payment to a porn star to hush her claims of an affair.

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Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting: what we know

A gunman opened fire at the school in Santa Fe, Texas. Multiple people have reportedly been killed.

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US military renames Pacific Command

The US is renaming its largest military command to reflect the growing importance of the Indian Ocean in America's strategic thinking.

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