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Ambiguous language on who controls the Strait of Hormuz has pushed the United States and Iran back toward war.
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;Resize=(620)) The U.S. said it had begun a new wave ?of strikes against Iran on Wednesday after reimposing a naval blockade of Iranian ports, while Tehran threatened to shut off more regional energy exports.
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The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had attacked Iranian cruise missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb, one of several small islands in the Strait of Hormuz subject to a decades-old territorial dispute.
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Trump tells immigration officers not to pause vehicle stops after the killings
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Dr. Erica Schwartz appeared before a Senate committee on Wednesday for her confirmation hearing as the next director of the CDC.
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Lionel Messi faces England in the World Cup semifinals with the chance to move clear of Kylian Mbappé in the race for the golden boot
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is facing the Senate Judiciary Committee as he seeks confirmation to secure his role on a permanent basis.
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The United States reinstated its blockade on Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz and shipping slowed to a crawl amid the renewed warfare in the critical waterway.
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;Resize=(620)) As the World Cup unfolds, fans are finding new ways to connect with the tournament. A decades-long tradition from Europe and Latin America of collecting Panini stickers is now catching on with soccer fans in Canada.
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Democratic candidates are hastily building bare-bones campaigns and forgoing traditional outreach like TV ads in a sprint to appeal to party delegates, rather than Maine voters.
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;Resize=(620)) Todd Blanche, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, was challenged by Democratic senators on his ability to lead the Justice Department free from the demands of the president in the first of two days of confirmation hearings on Wednesday.
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Doing business in a more dangerous and unpredictable world will cost more, pushing up the price of everything from food to electronics.
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Part of congressionally mandated Capitol Hill appearances for the central bank leader, Warsh spoke Tuesday to the House Financial Services Committee.
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Share trading in Elon Musk's rocket company has been volatile since it went public a month ago.
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Days that are both extremely hot and polluted come with higher risks of respiratory ailments and other health risks.
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Whoever Burnham appoints to the key role will send a signal of his intent, writes Iain Watson.
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SpaceX shares fell for a fourth-straight session on Wednesday days after entering the Nasdaq-100
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A northern Minnesota county declared a state of emergency and an air quality alert was issued on Tuesday due to wildfires raging across northern Minnesota and Canada.
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Soren Waerenskjold catches the big guns by surprise with a long-range sprint to win the fastest-ever stage of the Tour de France.
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;Resize=(620)) Most of the people who were killed were found trapped in windowless bathrooms, where they may have sought to escape the flames, police said.
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As a child, Michael McLeer wanted to be like John Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever" and escape Brooklyn. A tragedy in the neighborhod changed his mind.
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Roads were turning to rivers on Wednesday as emergency officials in towns around San Antonio raced to rescue people who had been stranded.
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The expected next PM says he may have to "ask for a little more" in tax and warns of "difficult" choices.
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The bill would allow assisted dying for terminally ill adults who meet strict criteria.
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The film, starring Matt Damon and Zendaya, is director Sir Christopher Nolan's first since Oppenheimer.
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The Senate Intelligence Committee is considering Jay Clayton's nomination to be the director of national of intelligence.
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Has the court learned nothing?
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Sean Carrington said if the Three Lions fail to bring the trophy home he will add the words "only joking".
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Stripe and Advent International have reportedly made a joint offer to acquire PayPal Holdings Inc for $60.50 per share, in a deal that would value the payments company at more than $53 billion.
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;Resize=(620)) Nowadays, meteorologists rely on computer modelling and Doppler radars to track and forecast storms. But in the 1980s, technology was not nearly as advanced.
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Todd Blanche's nomination is broadly a referendum on President Trump's vision of the Justice Department as a projection of his power.
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The speech comes as President Trump has escalated calls for Republicans to pass tighter federal voting rules for November's midterm elections.
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"A Senate seat? Most people just get a garage full of damp boxes," Michael Kosta said of Graham's sister filling the late senator's seat on "The Daily Show."
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Footage obtained by The New York Times shows ICE agents in the moments before and after the killing of Joan Sebastian Guerrero. The circumstances of the shooting remain unclear.
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The vote reflected how the political debate over the conflict in the Middle East has sapped bipartisan support for a normally popular measure.
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;Resize=(620)) An investigation into the cause of the fire and whether the bar was following safety regulations is ongoing. Most of the people who were killed were found trapped in windowless bathrooms where they may have sought to escape the flames, police said.
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Trump's comments aired as the two countries exchanged fire for the fourth day in a row and the US resumed blockading Iranian ports.
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The planned prime-time address comes as an administration task force has been working to declassify documents, including some related to elections, according to people familiar with the process.
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Darline Graham was sworn into the Senate on Tuesday to finish the remainder of her late brother Lindsey Graham's term.
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;Resize=(620)) A former federal politician denies trafficking any firearms but acknowledges he illegally transferred three guns, after police seized hundreds of weapons from his western Manitoba home last week.
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Intense storms overnight dropped heavy rain, and more is on the way. Forecasters warned about the increasing likelihood of flooding across the state.
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