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'It seems like an execution': Officers open fire on man asleep in car

Police said they saw a handgun in the man's lap and that after he woke up he did not respond to repeated commands to put his hands up.

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New York politicians at odds over Amazon scrapping headquarters plan

Amazon blamed their decision on opposition from local lawmakers.

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Trump 'in very good health' but slight weight gain puts him in obese category

The president, who is 6 feet, 3 inches tall, now weighs 243, four pounds more than last year, the White House physician said Thursday.

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Man who killed attacking lion with bare hands said it was 'pure adrenaline'

"There was a certain point where I just kind of imagined being stuck on this hillside and just having a cat gnaw at me," the runner said.

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Trump to sign border security bill and declare national emergency

The White House said President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency to fund his planned border wall with Mexico.

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Pence accuses Iran of pursuing new 'Holocaust,' lashes out at allies

"The Iranian regime openly advocates another Holocaust and seeks the means to achieve it," the vice president said at a Middle East conference in Poland.

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U.S. ally Turkey cozies up to Russia and Iran

Analysis: The U.S. organized a global conference on the Mideast in Warsaw, but Turkey's leader is at a summit with Russian and Iranian leaders instead.

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Third suspect in Skripal poisoning identified: Bellingcat

The Bellingcat investigative website has identified high-ranking Russian intelligence officer Denis Sergeev as the third suspect in the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

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He took a DNA test in search of his birth father — and found a daughter instead

From shock to nerves to excitement: How an adopted man's journey with DNA testing led him to a biological child he didn't even know existed.

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'No regrets,' but with child in arms, this ISIS bride wants to come home

"I'm not the same silly little 15-year-old schoolgirl who ran away from Bethnal Green four years ago," she told The Times "And I don't regret coming here."

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High-ranking Syrian suspected of crimes against humanity arrested in Germany

The Commission for International Justice and Accountability — a team funded by the U.S. and European governments — has been building cases for years.

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El Chapo's conviction has 'done nothing' against Sinaloa cartel, experts say

"The conviction though has done nothing to impact the Sinaloa cartel because it remains the most powerful cartel in Mexico," one expert said.

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Journalist and Duterte critic posts bail after arrest causes outcry

"What we're seeing is death by a thousand cuts of our democracy," Maria Ressa said.

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Sen. Ted Cruz wants El Chapo to pay for border wall

"Fourteen billion dollars will go a long way to secure our southern border and hinder the illegal flow of drugs, weapons and individuals," the senator said.

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Art imitates life when it comes to Brexit's impact on romance

More than 3 million E.U. nationals live in the U.K — and are facing uncertainty about their futures.

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Gucci creative director addresses unintended racist imagery of $890 sweater

"We are truly committed in facing what happened as a crucial learning moment for everybody," the luxury brand executive said.

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Trump, California governor trade barbed tweets over bullet train money

"Fake news," Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted to Trump, who claimed the project had been canceled.

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Over 1,800 dairy cows killed in freak blizzard, hurting struggling farmers

"It's been four years of thin margins and losses. We've been struggling financially for four years and now Mother Nature is throwing another twist," said one farmer who lost 200 cows.

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Serial killer Samuel Little is drawing sketches of his victims for the FBI

The FBI has been trying to connect Little's confessions with unsolved deaths in more than a dozen states between 1970 and 2005.

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27 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards killed in suicide bombing

The assault, among the worst ever on the Guards, illustrated that Iran's elite force, can be vulnerable to guerrilla-style operations.