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The Kremlin dismisses a warning by the United States that Russia intends to imminently place nuclear weapons in space as a "malicious fabrication". The claims were widely circulated yesterday by ABC News and the "New York Times" after U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson warned of a "serious national security threat".
2024-02-15

The United States will contribute $64 million to the United Nations' famine prevention effort in Afghanistan.
2021-09-13

Swede Alex Yucel pleads guilty in the United States to distributing Blackshades software that was used to hack into 500,000 computers worldwide.
2015-02-18

Goldman Sachs agrees to buy back $3.15 billion in low quality mortgage bonds that it dumped on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac preceding the financial crisis of 2007–08.
2014-08-23

The United States returns 11th-12th century sculptures stolen by art thieves from temples in India.
2014-01-15

In Florida, United States, Eric Rivera Jr. is convicted of second-degree murder in the 2007 killing of NFL Washington Redskins player Sean Taylor during a burglary.
2013-11-4

For $8.5 billion, ten banks settle to stop mortgage foreclosure process audits. The United States government regulators had been engaged in a loan-by-loan review of home loan practices during the Great Recession. Bank of America, Citigroup Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Wells Fargo & Co, MetLife Bank, Aurora Bank FSB, PNC Financial Services Group Inc, Sovereign Bank NA, SunTrust Banks Inc, and U.S. Bancorp settle with regulators to pay out cash up to $125,000 to homeowners whose homes were being foreclosed when the paperwork problems emerged. Further, Bank of America agrees to pay $11.6 billion to government mortgage finance company Fannie Mae.
2013-01-7

Huanglongbing or citrus greening, a disease which has killed millions of citrus trees in Brazil and Florida, is discovered in a residential section of Los Angeles County, California, in the United States.
2012-03-30

The United States successfully tests a new hypersonic weapon system, capable of striking targets 3700 km away in under 30 minutes, as part of its Prompt Global Strike program.
2011-11-19

U.S. actor Michael Douglas begins chemotherapy after doctors discover a tumor in his throat.
2010-08-16