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‘American Taliban’ Lindh to be released after nearly 20 years

John Walker Lindh, the Californian who became known as the American Taliban after he was captured by U.S. forces in the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, is set to go free after nearly two decades in prison.

Probe inconclusive on racist picture in Va. governor’s yearbook

An investigation ordered up by a Virginia medical school failed to determine whether Gov. Ralph Northam is in a 1984 yearbook photo of a man in blackface next to someone in a Ku Klux Klan hood and robe.

Serial cyberstalker’s plea deal fits lenient pattern

Only hours before women marched through many U.S. cities in January, Christopher Cleary set off a manhunt when he posted a Facebook message threatening to kill “as many girls as I see” in retaliation for years of romantic rejection.

N. Korea says Biden ‘fool of low IQ’ over Kim criticism

North Korea has labeled Joe Biden a “fool of low IQ” and an “imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being” after the U.S. presidential hopeful called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a tyrant.

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9 killed by car bomb near Somalia’s presidential palace

Islamic extremists exploded a suicide car bomb and killed at least nine people, including Somalia’s former foreign minister, near the presidential palace on Wednesday, police said.

Report: Mississippi lawmaker punched wife in face over sex

A south Mississippi lawmaker punched his wife in the face after she didn’t undress quickly enough when the lawmaker wanted to have sex, according to a police report in the case.

UK prime minister in peril as Brexit offer slammed

British Prime Minister Theresa May faced a chorus of calls Wednesday to rip up her tattered Brexit blueprint and end to her embattled premiership.

Dems skeptical as Trump officials defend Iran actions

Tamping down talk of war, Trump administration officials told Congress that recent actions by the U.S. deterred attacks on American forces. But some lawmakers remained deeply skeptical.

Congressional leaders make some progress on debt, spending

Top leaders of both parties in Congress made progress Tuesday on two must-do items on the legislative agenda: averting automatic budget cuts and meeting a deadline to increase the borrowing limit.