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San Francisco Bay Area |
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to give away 99% of shares |
| Dec.2 |
Southern California |
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14 people dead in San Bernardino shooting Map of Inland Regional Center San Bernardino CA USA The gunmen opened fire during a holiday party at a community centre. Two heavily armed suspects have been killed by police
The suspects were armed with assault rifles and handguns and wearing assault-style clothing. A third person who was running near the gun battle was detained. Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, were killed in a shootout
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| Dec.3 |
Southern California |
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San Bernardino: Police seek motive in mass shooting US police are trying to establish why a man and woman opened fire at a social services centre in California, killing 14 people and wounding 17...
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Washington |
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US to open all combat roles to women, officials say
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Southern California |
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San Bernardino shooting: Police speaks of carnage at scene One of the first police to respond to Wednesday's deadly shooting at a social service centre in California has spoken of scenes of 'unspeakable'...
| Dec.4 |
Southern California |
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San Bernardino shooters pledged allegiance to ISIS Map of San Bernardino USA Lawyers representing the family of the two San Bernardino attackers have said relatives are 'in complete shock' over the shooting
| Dec.5 |
Washington |
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San Bernardino attack: US 'will not be terrorised' - Obama President Barack Obama says the US 'will not be terrorised' by Wednesday's mass shootings in San Bernardino, California
| Dec.6 |
US Georgia |
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Jimmy Carter says his brain cancer is gone
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Mississippi |
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Actor Morgan Freeman in plane scare
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Washington |
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Obama vows to overcome terror threat US President Barack Obama has made a rare Oval Office address after the San Bernardino shootings that left 14 dead
| Dec.7 |
South Carolina |
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Donald Trump urges ban on Muslims coming to US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for a halt to Muslims entering the US, in the wake of the deadly California shootings | |
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Los Angeles |
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San Bernardino suspects had target practice, says FBI
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Alaska |
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Warming speeds 'world's slowest moving landslides'
| Dec.8 |
Washington |
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Trump’s Muslim ban call 'endangers US security' Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric undermines US national security by boosting the Islamic State (IS) group, the Pentagon has warned
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Chile |
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US billionaire Douglas Tompkins dies in kayak accident in Chile
| Dec.9 |
Southern California |
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San Bernardino attacks: Couple radicalised before dating The couple behind the San Bernardino attack that killed 14 people were radicalised before they started dating, the director of the FBI has s...
| Dec.10 |
New York |
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Time magazine names Angela Merkel its Person of the Year
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Southern California |
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San Bernardino attack: Police search lake
| Dec.12 |
Wisconsin |
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Warriors’ winning streak ends |
| Dec.14 |
Moscow |
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Kerry seeks to narrow divisions with Russia US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Moscow for talks to try to bridge gaps with Russia over the political process to end Syria's civil wa...
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USA |
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Bill Cosby sues women who accused him of sexual assault
| Dec.15 |
UN |
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Syria conflict: US and Russia signal new push at UN
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Los Angeles |
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Los Angeles schools shut over email threat to students
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Nevada |
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Republican candidates clash over how to counter IS Republican presidential candidates are sparring over national security issues and how best to counter ISIS
| Dec.16 |
Cuba |
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US and Cuba to resume regular commercial flights
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Washington |
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US Fed raises interest rates by 0.25% The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by 0.25 percentage points - its first increase since 2006
The move takes the range of rates banks offer to lend to each other overnight to between 0.25% and 0.5%. Rates in the US have been at near-zero since 2008
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Baltimore |
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Baltimore judge declares mistrial in Freddie Gray case
| Dec.17 |
Southern California |
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San Bernardino shooting: Friend of gunman is charged Enrique Marquez, 24, a friend of one of the San Bernardino attackers, has been charged in connection with the mass shooting that killed 14
| Dec.18 |
UN |
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US welcomes 'milestone' as UN endorses Syria peace plan  A UN plan for Syria is a 'milestone' in the efforts to end the conflict there, says US Secretary of State John Kerry | |
| Dec.19 |
Beijing |
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China accuses US of B-52 'provocation' over Spratly Islands China has accused the US of 'serious provocation' after it flew B-52 bombers near one of the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea
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Connecticut |
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Conductor Kurt Masur dies at 88
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New Hampshire |
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Sanders apologises to Clinton over data breach Bernie Sanders has apologised to fellow US Democrat presidential candidate after his staff stole valuable voting data from her campaign
| Dec.20 |
Nevada |
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Las Vegas driver crashes into crowd At least one person has died and 36 have been injured after a car ran down pedestrians in front of a hotel in Las Vegas, officials said
| Dec.21 |
Afghanistan |
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6 US troops killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing Map of Bagram Airfield Afghanistan A suicide bombing near Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan killed six U.S. troops and wounded two other Americans and an interpreter
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Nevada |
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Wrong contestant crowned at Miss Universe 2015
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Washington |
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US FDA partially lifts gay men blood donation ban
| Dec.23 |
Washington State |
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US prisoners released early by software bug
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Minnesota |
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Black Lives Matter protests disrupt airports and shopping Protests by the Black Lives Matter group have taken place in the US states of Minnesota and California on one of the busiest retail days of the...
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Mississippi |
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At least six dead in trail of storms destruction
| Dec.24 |
Washington |
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Iran hostages 'to be compensated' 36 years later
| Dec.25 |
Mississippi |
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US storms: At least 14 dead in trail of destruction  A clear-up has begun after a violent storm left at least 14 people dead and destroyed homes in several US South and Midwest states on Christmas Eve | |
| Dec.26 |
Dallas |
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Texas tornadoes: 'Eight killed' in Dallas suburbs Map of Garland USA Eight people are reported to have been killed in Texas after new tornadoes, raising the death toll to 26 in a week of storms in several US states
| Dec.27 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes fastest to take $1bn JJ Abrams' film has become the fastest film to take $1bn (£674m) at the global box office
| Dec.28 |
Texas |
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Dozens dead in US Christmas storms
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Washington |
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Iran nuclear deal: Tehran on track, says John Kerry
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Costa Rica |
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Stranded Cuban migrants to be allowed passage to the US
| Dec.29 |
Chicago |
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Chicago policeman denies murder
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Texas |
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US runaway teen 'held farewell party'
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Missouri |
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Missouri floods close Mississippi near St Louis
| Dec.30 |
Southern Iran |
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Iran conducts 'provocative' live rocket tests near US ships Map of Strait of Hormuz Iran Iran's navy conducted rocket tests last week near US warships and other commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the American military has said
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Pennsylvania |
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Bill Cosby charged with indecent assault
| Dec.31 |
Florida |
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Couple finds bloody elevator on Carnival cruise ship, worker killed
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