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Five dead in explosion at military testing site in northern Russia

Five Rosatom employees were killed and three injured in an explosion at a military testing site in northern Russia on Thursday, RIA news agency cited the state nuclear company as saying.

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Gun-seizure laws often have bipartisan support. But do they stop mass shootings?

"Why the emphasis on red flag laws? It's something we can do," one researcher said.

USA

U.S. Scout scandal could be bigger than Catholic Church crisis

The Abused in Scouting lawyers say they've identified 350 predator scoutmasters and represent 800 victims.

USA

Accidentally-recycled shoebox stuffed with $23K returned to owner

The box traveled more than 200 miles from Oregon to California before it was deposited at a plant.

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Founder of 8chan wishes he could 'uncreate' forum popular with white supremacists

Brennan no longer has control of 8chan, which has been run by U.S. Army veteran Jim Watkins since 2015.

USA

Texas officers on horses led handcuffed black man by a rope

The Galveston, Texas, police chief said the "practice was not used correctly" considering the nature of the arrest.

USA

Award-winning US novelist Toni Morrison dies aged 88

US novelist Toni Morrison, the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, dies aged 88

USA

'Danger line': North Korea says U.S. is inciting military tension

Pyongyang would have to "reconsider the major steps we have taken so far," a North Korean diplomat in Geneva said.

USA

China warns on U.S. deployment of arms in Asia as trade tensions flare

China "no longer expects goodwill from the United States," tweeted the editor-in-chief of an influential Chinese tabloid in a sign of worsening tensions.

USA

Police officer found dead after failing to show for court in sex crime

San Diego police Chief David Nisleit said the officer appeared to have died by suicide but had "many questions that remain unanswered."

USA

Pipe-bomb mailer who targeted Trump critics sentenced to 20 years

The series of mailed pipe bombs, which prosecutors described in court papers as "a domestic terror attack," spurred a nationwide scare last year.

USA

R. Kelly charged with engaging in prostitution, soliciting a minor in Minnesota

The musician already faces multiple federal and state sex crime charges in New York and Illinois.

USA

A 'hero' grandfather, a teen, an Army vet: These are the victims of the El Paso massacre

A gunman opened fire at a Walmart Saturday, killing 22.

USA

Police unsure if Dayton gunman targeted sister in mass shooting

Nine people were killed in the shooting hours after 20 people were killed by a gunman at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart. Officials in Texas announced Monday another victim had died.

USA

Clashes break out as Hong Kong protesters fan out across city in general strike

"'Be Water' is now the motto. We stay when we need to stay, we leave when we need to leave, we change location when we need to change," one protester said.

USA

'Americans must denounce racism' says Trump — but no action on guns

President Donald Trump condemned "bigotry and hatred" following last weekend's mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.

USA

Amid condolences, world media warns about U.S. right-wing extremism

"U.S. in the midst of a white nationalist terrorism crisis," ran a headline in one foreign newspaper.

USA

U.S. citizen went to Uganda to help kids. Now her charity is accused of killing them.

"I knew she was not trained, but she had this presence about her that you kind of just believed that she knew," an ex-volunteer with Bach's charity says.

USA

India's government revokes disputed Kashmir's special status

The revocation was met with an uproar in India's parliament, while Kashmir was under a security lockdown that kept thousands of people inside their homes.

USA

Brazil gang leader dresses up as daughter in failed jail escape attempt

Prison officials said the gang leader's plan was to apparently leave his 19-year-old daughter inside the jail.