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Dropping weapons treaty would let US update its nuclear arsenal 03 Feb 2019 - 08:06 am
The 103-foot Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) site, which was decommissioned in 1982, is pictured at the Titan Missile Museum in Sahuarita, Arizona, U.S., February 2, 2019. REUTERS/Nicole Neri
At least 12 dead as arctic freeze spreads into US Northeast 31 Jan 2019 - 09:46 pm
Woman clears a car in the snow during a winter storm in Buffalo, New York, U.S., January 31, 2019. (REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario)
Bernie Sanders proposes estate tax of up to 77% for billionaires 31 Jan 2019 - 09:08 pm
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a press conference at the US Capitol on January 30, 2019 in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
Deep freeze expected to ease, but disruptions persist 31 Jan 2019 - 12:53 pm
A runner passes through heavy frost in Nokomis Lake, south west Minneapolis, as temperatures in the area dipped below freezing overnight in Minnesota on January 29, 2019. AFP / Kerem Yucel
Venezuela's Maduro says Trump out to kill him, Russia seeks talks 30 Jan 2019 - 03:20 pm
This handout picture released by the Venezuelan presidency shows Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (C) and Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino (L) taking part in a ceremony during military exercises at the Libertador Air Base in Maracay, Aragua state, Ve
Beyond liberal base, some Democrats pitch to party moderates 30 Jan 2019 - 08:34 am
Former Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) speaks at the United States Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Woman with baby dies after falling down NYC subway stairs 30 Jan 2019 - 12:21 am
The lack of elevators makes it difficult for people in wheelchairs to use New York's subway system, and disability-rights activists have staged frequent protests over the issue. Photo courtesy: Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York or CIDNY @C
Spy chiefs break with Trump on many threats to the US 29 Jan 2019 - 10:59 pm
FBI director Christopher Wray, CIA director Gina Haspel National Intelligence  director Daniel Coats, Defense Intelligence Agency director General Robert Ashley arrive to testify on Worldwide Threats during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearin
More than 40 dead, 850 detained in Venezuela violence, UN says 29 Jan 2019 - 01:46 pm
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Record-breaking cold clobbers two-thirds of the US 29 Jan 2019 - 12:14 pm
A man feeds a seagulls on the Coney Island Boardwalk on a cold winter day in New York on January 22, 2019. AFP / Angela Weiss
'Goooal!': Brazil mother narrates games for blind son 29 Jan 2019 - 09:06 am
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Shooting that hurt 5 officers started with warrant attempt 29 Jan 2019 - 08:57 am
An officer assists local residents trying to get to their homes near the scene of a shooting where five Houston police officers were reported shot January 28, 2019 in Houston, Texas. Loren Elliott/Getty Images/AFP
Tornado hits Havana; Cuban president says 3 dead, 172 hurt 28 Jan 2019 - 04:46 pm
A man inspects a damaged car lying on its side in the tornado-hit Luyano neighborhood in Havana early on January 28, 2019. AFP / YAMIL LAGE
Firefighters search mud after Brazil dam collapse; 58 dead 28 Jan 2019 - 03:26 pm
A member of rescue team reacts, upon returning from the mission, after a tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA collapsed, in Brumadinho, Brazil January 27, 2019. Reuters/Adriano Machado
China says Canadian ambassador sacking an internal affair 28 Jan 2019 - 12:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: Picture of Canadian and Chinese flags taken prior to the meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and China's President Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on December 5, 2017, in Beijing. Fred Dufour/Pool via REUTERS/File
Aide says Trump OK with second shutdown over border spat 27 Jan 2019 - 09:29 pm
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump wear boots as they head out together to tour hurricane damage in Florida from White House, October 15, 2018. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
Search for survivors, despair in Brazil amid dam collapse 27 Jan 2019 - 09:29 pm
A firefighter carries rescued cages after a tailings dam from Brazilian miner Vale SA burst in Brumadinho, Brazil January 27, 2019. Reuters/Adriano Machado
At least 15 dead in mudslide at hotel in Peru: mayor 27 Jan 2019 - 05:07 pm
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