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Immigration Change Is One Step Closer To A Bill

Immigration Change Is One Step Closer To A Bill

A final deal on a changing immigration laws is at hand but still incomplete, according to two of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” senators collaborating on it.

A New Search For 9/11 Victims’ Remains

A New Search For 9/11 Victims’ Remains

About 60 dump trucks full of debris from the fallen World Trade Center will be sifted for victims’ remains beginning Monday.

Russia Calls On U.S., North Korea To Step Back From The Brink

Russia Calls On U.S., North Korea To Step Back From The Brink

Russia is calling on the U.S. and North Korea to end an escalating cycle of dangerous provocations after Pyongyang put its missile forces on high alert and American stealth bombers flew practice bomb runs over the Korean Peninsula.

Actor Richard Griffiths, Uncle Vernon In ‘Harry Potter’ Movies, Dies

Actor Richard Griffiths, Uncle Vernon In ‘Harry Potter’ Movies, Dies

Richard Griffiths, who millions of Harry Potter movie fans loved and likely despised as the cruel Uncle Vernon Dursley, has died.

Satellite Image Shows ‘Incredible’ Storm Stretching Across North Atlantic

Satellite Image Shows ‘Incredible’ Storm Stretching Across North Atlantic

The same weather system that left a few inches of snow on parts of the eastern U.S. earlier this week is now over the North Atlantic, and Jason Samenow of The Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang says he’s not sure he’s ever “seen a storm this big before.”

Is It Real? With New Technology Has Activision Crossed The ‘Uncanny Valley?’

Is It Real? With New Technology Has Activision Crossed The ‘Uncanny Valley?’

You tell us. Is this man real or animated?

U.S. Trumpets Stealth Bomber Training Run Over Korean Peninsula

U.S. Trumpets Stealth Bomber Training Run Over Korean Peninsula

The U.S. military is making no secret about a training flight by a pair of nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers from a base in the American Midwest to the Korean Peninsula — what’s being described as an “extended deterrence mission.”

‘Arsenal’ Found At Newtown Shooter’s Home; Read The Police Reports

‘Arsenal’ Found At Newtown Shooter’s Home; Read The Police Reports

Police found hundreds of rounds of ammunition, guns, three photos of “what appears to be a deceased human covered with plastic” and other evidence when they searched the Newtown, Conn., home of killer Adam Lanza, according to records released Thursday.

Residents Wait To Return Home After Landslide On Puget Sound Island

Residents Wait To Return Home After Landslide On Puget Sound Island

Residents evacuated from their homes on Puget Sound’s scenic Whidbey Island are waiting for a green light from geologists and engineers after a large landslide knocked a house off its foundation and threatened to damage several others.

DOMA Challenge Tests Federal Definition Of Marriage

DOMA Challenge Tests Federal Definition Of Marriage

After weeks and months of public debate and speculation about the legal fate of same-sex marriage, the second round of arguments takes place at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday.