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Washington (AFP) – The US Senate passed a landmark bill Tuesday protecting same-sex marriage, as lawmakers from both parties moved to forestall the possibility of the conservative-led Supreme Court taking away this right as it did with abortion. “With …

Los Angeles (AFP) – Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, has erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years, US authorities said, as emergency crews went on alert early Monday. Flows of lava remained “contained” within the summit…

Washington (AFP) – NASA’s Orion spacecraft was placed in lunar orbit Friday, officials said, as the much-delayed Moon mission proceeded successfully. A little over a week after the spacecraft blasted off from Florida bound for the Moon, flight controll…

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russian shelling on the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson killed 15 civilians Friday, officials said, as engineers across the country sought to restore heat, water and power to major cities. Throughout the country, Russian air s…

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine battled Thursday to reconnect water and electricity services to millions of people cut off after Russia launched dozens of cruise missiles that battered Ukraine’s already crippled electricity grid. The energy system in Uk…

Los Angeles (AFP) – Lawyers for the 22-year-old accused of murdering five people at a Colorado LGBTQ club said their client is non-binary ahead of an initial court appearance Wednesday, as details emerged of a chaotic past including family breakdown an…

New York (AFP) – The Black Friday kickoff of the holiday shopping season is expected to bring especially deep discounts in 2022, but one challenge will be finding consumers confident enough to spend. Grinding inflation in the world’s biggest economy in…

Washington (AFP) – An attacker shot and killed at least six people at a Walmart late Tuesday in the US state of Virginia, police said, adding the single shooter suspect is also dead. The mass shooting in the city of Chesapeake comes just before America…

Washington (AFP) – Joe Biden faces the prospect of a crippling strike by railroad unions that could stall transport of fuel, corn and drinking water, dramatically complicate holiday season train travel, and dent the US president’s political standing. I…

Colorado Springs (United States) (AFP) – The gunman who killed at least five in a Colorado LGBTQ nightclub was stopped by two “heroic” people in the crowd, police said Sunday. Officers identified the suspect as 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, and sai…