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Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Police in California investigating the shooting of an American football coach from the hit Netflix documentary series "Last Chance U" said Friday they have...

Washington (AFP) - A South Carolina man who pleaded guilty to three murders was put to death by firing squad on Friday, the third such execution in the southern US...

Washington (AFP) - The United States and Switzerland said Friday that they have reached an agreement to sharply lower tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, with the Alpine nation vowing...

London (AFP) - Global stock markets slumped further Friday as doubts built over whether the US Federal Reserve would cut interest rates next month and persistent fears of a tech...

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump plans to take his economic message on the road, a White House official said Thursday, a week after voters hammered his Republican party...

New York (AFP) - More than 3,000 striking Boeing defense workers on Thursday voted to end a strike over wage increases and retirement benefits, one of the longest work stoppages...

New York (AFP) - Hundreds of unionized Starbucks baristas kicked off an indefinite strike Thursday in cities across the United States, protesting working conditions and stalled labor negotiations. Like last...

Panama City (AFP) - The president of Panama denied Thursday that US military exercises on its soil were in any way a "hostile act against Venezuela. "US forces have carried...

(AFP) - The longest government shutdown in US history was bruising -- a political knife fight that left everyone claiming victory while nursing hidden wounds. Democrats lost the end game...

Guadalajara (Mexico) (AFP) - Mexico's car assembly industry, one of the biggest in the world, fears US President Donald Trump's tariff war will impede access to an increasingly indispensable component:...