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The 10-provision package will require more gun sellers to be licensed and would force them to conduct background checks on potential buyers, and all federally licensed dealers will have to report any lost or stolen firearms to the authorities.
The expanding rift between Saudi Arabia and its Sunni allies with the Shiite government in Tehran has pushed the region dangerously closer to conflict, prompting alarmed appeals for restraint from powers across the globe.
Ever-increasing environmental rules are imperiling a way of life for many rural Westerners. “When frustration builds up, people lash out,” one resident said.
Donald Trump speaks Monday night at a campaign rally in Lowell, Mass. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)
The bombastic Republican front-runner has brought the debate out of academia and into the political arena unlike anyone before him.
The U.S. military has stopped flying unarmed Reapers from an airfield in Ethiopia as the Obama administration faces pressure to intensify counterterrorism operations elsewhere.
The melting of the glacial ice sheet, which covers about 80 percent of the country, has the potential to significantly raise sea levels.
The Vermont senator has increasingly been using the Republican front-runner as a foil on the campaign trail.
Judging by how cautious and subdued he was during his first solo outing on her behalf, the former president appears determined to prove that he is capable of playing the supporting actor.
The 441-pound bluefin was the prize catch at the last New Year auction at Tsukiji, the famous, ramshackle fish market in Tokyo that will be torn down this year.
The 74-year-old man was restrained by guards who were trying to bring him back to Medstar Washington Hospital Center after he left without signing out.
The NFL will have to decide which team, if any, relocates there, and into which proposed facility.
The Australian rapper's songs reveal remarkable fluency in the sounds and syntax of what linguists call “African American English.” But there is also proof that the singer sounds like she's trying too hard.
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