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United Nations (United States) (AFP) - France on Wednesday unveiled a proposal for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon in a UN diplomatic push with the United States as the death...

Tampa (AFP) - An increasingly powerful hurricane threatening "catastrophic," dangerous storm surges and flooding was forecast to smash into Florida's Gulf coast on Thursday, as thousands of residents evacuated towns...

San Francisco (AFP) - OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati on Wednesday said she is leaving the company behind ChatGPT, adding to a growing list of high-level departures. Murati called...

Washington (AFP) - NFL stadiums will become response and recovery activity centers for disasters under a combined program launched on Wednesday by the NFL and the Federal Emergency Management Agency...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - A bus hijacking that led to a slow-motion police chase through Los Angeles early Wednesday left one person dead and the alleged gunman in...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - A California court was sealed off Wednesday after a homemade bomb exploded, with witnesses saying a man had thrown some kind of device in...

Tampa (AFP) - Thousands of residents on Wednesday began evacuating parts of coastal Florida as the US state braces for Hurricane Helene, forecast to barrel ashore as a powerful, potentially...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The UN agency for Palestinian refugees is bracing for a triple crisis as Israeli strikes on Lebanon add to the strain it is facing...

Washington (AFP) - Two men on death row in the United States were executed Tuesday, including a Black man convicted of murder who had maintained his innocence and drawn support...

Washington (AFP) - Sales of new homes in the United States cooled less than expected in August, according to government data released Wednesday, with lower interest rates potentially boosting the...