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Republican presidential candidates honing their economic message are trying tap into a lingering sense of insecurity among Americans seven years after the financial crisis.

The FCC and Justice Department both are concerned about the power a merged company would have over broadband Internet service and TV channel owners.

The latest chapter in the eurozone saga was on the agenda at the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington this weekend.

The Iranian plan calls for an immediate ceasefire and end of all foreign military attacks, humanitarian assistance, a resumption of broad national dialogue and "a national unity government."

Nitrogen gas as an execution method was approved in Oklahoma a year after the botched execution of Clayton Lockett.

FireEye Inc. said the espionage effort took advantage of holes in Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash software.

Two Cuban men are hoping to be the first non-Communist Party politicians in elected positions on the island in decades.

The Russian president said he fears giving lethal weapons to Ukraine will just lead to a higher death toll and undermine the Minsk II agreement.

As the Republican field remains wide open, candidates tried to distinguish themselves from their potential opponents. Donald Trump made an appearance, too.

Climate change and its threat to the economy "can no longer be denied," U.S. President Barack Obama says Saturday, in advance of his Earth Day speech.

Sony lawyer David Boies tells news outlets to stay away from the WikiLeaks database containing hacked documents.

Italy's Matteo Renzi says in Washington that restoring stability to the war-struck nation of Libya is key to stopping Italy’s ongoing migrant crisis.

Taubman rose to prominence largely for his insights into developing retail properties, which transformed the American shopping landscape.

The air base is highly unpopular with residents of Okinawa island, where some of the fiercest ground battles of World War II took place.

Gunfights and violence broke out after security forces arrested a leader of one of the main drug gangs in the area.

U.S. defense officials expressed concern that a naval clash between Iranian and Saudi vessels could lead to an international conflict.

U.S. regulators may start testing food products for residues of the world's most widely used herbicide, the Environmental Protection Agency told Reuters on Friday, as public concern rises over possible links to disease.

The transport of crude oil by train has come under fire after a series of explosive accidents. “The boom in crude oil production, and transportation of that crude, poses a serious threat to public safety,” the U.S. secretary of Transportation said.

A car bombing claimed by the Islamic State killed three people on Friday outside the U.S. consulate in Erbil, in a relatively rare attack in the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region.

The Algeria-based group, led by a former al Qaeda commander, claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing outside a UN peacekeeping mission camp Friday.