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Trump given unverified reports that Russia had damaging details about him
WASHINGTON Classified documents that the heads of four U.S. intelligence agencies presented last week to President-elect Donald Trump included claims that Russian intelligence operatives have compromising information about him, two U.S. officials said Tuesday evening.
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Jury condemns Dylann Roof to death for South Carolina church massacre
CHARLESTON, S.C. White supremacist Dylann Roof deserves to die for the hate-fueled killings of nine black churchgoers at a Bible study meeting in a Charleston, South Carolina, a U.S. jury said on Tuesday after deliberating for less than three hours.
Blizzard conditions, floods sweep parts of California, Nevada
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Philippines Foreign Minister hopeful ASEAN-China maritime code ready by mid-2017
MANILA The Philippines is hopeful that a code of conduct for Southeast Asian nations and China over the disputed South China Sea will be completed by the middle of this year, its foreign minister said on Wednesday.