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Judge sentences teen to life without parole for North Carolina mass shooting

RALEIGH, N.C. — A judge sentenced an 18-year-old who acknowledged killing five people in a North Carolina mass shooting to life in prison without parole Friday, rejecting arguments that he deserved the chance for release decades from now. Austin David Thompson was 15 during the Oct. 13, ...

White House urges nations to call for the withdrawal of a UN climate proposal

UNITED NATIONS — The Trump administration is urging other nations to press a tiny Pacific island country to withdraw a United Nations draft resolution supporting strong action to prevent climate change, including reparations for damage caused by any nation that fails to take action. In ...

US military strikes another alleged drug boat in Caribbean, killing 3

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the Caribbean Sea. U.S. Southern Command said on social media that the boat "was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was ...

At Fort Bragg, Trump says Maduro raid showed ‘full military might’ of US

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — President Donald Trump celebrated the special forces members who ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, saying last month's audacious raid means "the entire world saw what the full military might" of the U.S. can do and ensured "we are feared" by potential enemies ...