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Several American personnel are suspended after an official report finds that human error was to blame for an airstrike on a Doctors without Borders hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz in October that killed 30 people. No criminal charges were filed.
2015-11-25

American journalist James Wright Foley, kidnapped in 2012, has reportedly been beheaded by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
2014-08-19

Prosecutors in the Australian state of Queensland drop manslaughter charges against American surgeon Jayant Patel, who pleads guilty to charges of fraud.
2013-11-15

Protests occur in several American cities following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in relation to the shooting of Trayvon Martin.
2013-07-14

After a failed U.S. extradition request Hong Kong says does not fully comply with the law, U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong for Moscow.
2013-06-23

American 1950s pop singer Patti Page, best known for the "Tennessee Waltz" and "(How Much Is That) Doggie In The Window" dies in Encinitas, California.
2013-01-1

American writer Gore Vidal dies at the age of 86 from complications of pneumonia.
2012-07-31

American actress Lindsay Lohan is sentenced to 30 days in a Los Angeles jail for breaching the terms of her parole.
2011-11-2

The President of the United States Barack Obama urges Americans in the path of the hurricane to take appropriate precautions for a "historic storm".
2011-08-26

The United States Coast Guard ends aerial searches for seven Americans still missing after a charter fishing boat sank in the Sea of Cortez off Mexico on July 3.
2011-07-12