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Three people are killed and 14 others are injured in a mass shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Three people are also hit by cars, with one person later dying.
2022-06-5

The United States, the European Union, and NATO leaders react to emerging reports of the massacre in Bucha, accusing the Russian Armed Forces of war crimes and calling for more sanctions against Russia.
2022-04-3

"The Washington Post" reports that U.S. intelligence agencies repeatedly warned President Trump about the threats posed by COVID-19 in January and February, but administration officials say they "just couldn't get him to do anything about it."
2020-03-20

United States State Department blocks the sale of firearms to the Philippines due to concerns of human rights violations.
2016-11-2

The United States Food and Drug Administration approves marketing of a cooling cap system to reduce hair loss in female breast cancer patients during chemotherapy. The DigniCap scalp cooling system, a product first available in Sweden in the 1990s, produces near-freezing temperatures that make it harder for cancer-fighting drugs to reach and harm hair follicles. [https:--www.usnews.com-news-politics-articles-2015-12-08-fda-clears-cold-cap-to-save-hair-during-breast-cancer-chemo (AP via U.S. News and World Report)] [http:--www.fda.gov-NewsEvents-Newsroom-PressAnnouncements-ucm476216.htm (FDA)] [http:--www.dignicap.com-dignitana-fda-clearance- (DigniCap)]date=August 2019
2015-12-8

Kurdish forces, backed by U.S. airstrikes, capture several villages in an offensive to retake the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants, who overran it more than a year ago. The operation aims to cordon off the town, take control of Islamic State supply routes, and establish a buffer zone to protect the town from artillery, according to the Kurdish national security council.
2015-11-12

T-Mobile USA removes the contract requirement from its mobile phone payment plans, becoming the first of the four major national wireless carriers in the U.S. to do so.
2013-03-26

A United States drone attack kills ten people in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan.
2012-05-24

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh announces that he is to leave for treatment in the United States.
2012-01-22

Christopher Coke walks into a police station on the outskirts of Kingston, Jamaica and is detained, following search efforts which killed more than 70 people last month. The United States accuses him of being the Shower Posse leader, which it alleges operates an international drugs and guns network.
2010-06-22