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Robert De Niro helped Burt Reynolds onto the red carpet for the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of his new movie “Dog Years” Saturday night in New York. It was a rare appearance for the 81-year old actor, who at times struggled to walk. Reynolds was given a chair on the red carpet, so that he …

A federal judge revoked the U.S. citizenship of a man who prosecutors say ran a communications hub for an Egyptian terrorist group out of his northern California apartment, authorities said. Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last week ordered the “denaturalization” of Khaled Abu al-Dahab, 57, for lying …

Two Harvard researchers say they have found a rare parchment copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence — in England. The only other known parchment copy is housed in the National Archives in Washington. Researchers Emily Sneff and Danielle Allen found the document in the archives of the small town of Chichester in Sussex, in southern …

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Djibouti, the tiny east African nation that’s home to the United States’ only military base on the continent. Mattis arrived Sunday at Camp Lemonnier before visiting the Djiboutian president and minister of defense. Officials say Camp Lemonnier is one of the most strategically important areas for the United …

The Blackfeet Indian Reservation rolls across the plains just east of Glacier National Park. There’s a hotel and casino. There are gas stations, a few eateries and a museum about the culture and history of the people that have occupied the territory long before the arrival of the U.S. Cavalry and the hordes of modern-day …

The U.S. Surgeon General under the Obama administration has resigned and been replaced, at least, temporarily, by his deputy. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that Vivek Murthy was asked to resign after “assisting in a smooth transition” from the Obama administration to that of President Donald Trump. Murthy’s replacement is his …

Scientists are taking the unprecedented step of staging marches in more than 600 cities worldwide in the face of what they see as a growing political assault on evidence-based knowledge. Thousands of scientists and their supporters are attending March for Science events Saturday across the globe, including those in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cape Town, London …

The desperate effort this week to find two hikers who disappeared at the bottom of the Grand Canyon represented the National Park Service’s most extensive use yet of drones in a search-and-rescue mission.   The Grand Canyon is the only national park with its own fleet of unmanned aircraft for locating people who have gotten …

The United States has offered to help fund Mexico’s efforts to eradicate opium poppies, the U.S. assistant secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) said Friday, as Mexican heroin output increased again last year. “We would be prepared to support (opium eradication efforts) should we reach a basic agreement in terms of how …

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions vowed Friday to continue their tough approach to illegal immigration, warning of the dangers of cross-border gangs and sanctuary cities. Speaking in San Diego on the second day of a trip through the U.S. Southwest, where border concerns are most prominent, Kelly …

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a full review of the powers given to government regulators to oversee the banking and finance industries following the financial meltdown of 2008. Trump went to the Treasury Department on Friday to sign three executive orders that start the process of fulfilling his campaign pledges to undo regulations that …

The Los Angeles River spans 80 kilometers through Los Angeles and its suburbs, and for much of its route it’s encased in concrete. Like many urban waterways, the river is being restored to its natural state, and volunteers are helping for three weekends in April in an annual cleanup. The sprucing up coincides with Earth …

Arkansas has executed an inmate for the first time in nearly a dozen years as part of its plan to execute several inmates before a drug expires April 30, despite court rulings that have already spared three men.   Ledell Lee’s execution was the first in the state since 2005. He was pronounced dead at …

The Los Angeles River runs for 80 kilometers through the sprawling city of Los Angeles. For much of the route, however, it’s a concrete drainage channel that is dry in summer. Like many other urban waterways, the river is being restored, and volunteers have been doing an annual cleanup. Mike O’Sullivan asked why they are …

South Korean Presidential candidates debated this week how to manage relations with Seoul’s increasingly forceful U.S. ally, as tensions mount over the North Korean nuclear threat. An early South Korean presidential election, scheduled for May 9, was precipitated by the impeachment of ex-President Park Geun-hye for her alleged involvement in a multi-million dollar corruption scandal. …

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday that President Donald Trump will attend three summits in Asia in November. Pence, who is on the latest leg of a ten day tour of Asia, said Trump plans to attend the U.S.-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the East Asia summits in the …

Companies from China and Iran this weekend will sign the first commercial contracts to redesign an Iranian nuclear plant as part of an international deal reached in 2015 over Iran’s nuclear program, China’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday. The fate of the Arak reactor in central Iran was one of the toughest sticking points in the …

The International Monetary Fund said President Trump’s plans to cut regulations and taxes might encourage companies to make risky investments of the kind that preceded the financial crisis in 2008. The comment came Wednesday in the newest edition of the IMF’s Global Financial Stability Report, which also said the financial system has gotten more stable …

Republican House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz will not seek re-election or run for any other office next year. “After long consultation with my family and prayerful consideration, I have decided I will not be a candidate for any office in 2018,” the Utah Congressman wrote Wednesday on Facebook. Chaffetz, who had been mentioned a …

Richard Rodrigue stood in the back of a banquet hall, watching his blond-haired, blue-eyed daughter mingle among her high school classmates. These teenagers speak dozens of languages, and hail from a dozen African nations. They fled brutal civil war, famine, oppressive regimes to find themselves here, at an ordinary high school pre-prom fete in this …

The United States called a special U.N. Security Council session Tuesday on the importance of protecting human rights and that issue’s role in preventing conflict and fostering international security, but dropped an expected move to make human rights reviews a formal part of all council meetings. U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley singled out North Korea and …

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared war on gangs Tuesday, vowing to stringently enforce immigration laws to prevent gang members from coming across the Mexican border. “Because of an open border and years of lax immigration enforcement, MS-13 [a crime gang] has been sending both recruiters and members to regenerate gangs that previously had been …

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced an Islamic State sympathizer to life in prison for plotting to bury a remote-controlled bomb on a beach on Key West, Florida. Harlem Suarez was arrested in 2015 for buying a dummy bomb from FBI agents posing as IS members. Judge Jose Martinez declared Suarez to be “inept” and …

During his visit to South Korea this week U.S. Vice President Mike Pence described the security alliance between the two countries as unwavering, unshakable and ironclad, but in an address to business leaders in Seoul Tuesday, he said the bilateral economic relationship is in trouble.   “Despite the strong economic ties between the United States …

A federal judge in Detroit has ordered a doctor to stay in jail pending trial for alleged female genital mutilation of two 7-year-old girls. The judge ruled Monday that Dr. Jumana Nagarwala is a danger and a flight risk. Authorities arrested Nagarwala last week on charges of carrying out the illegal procedure on two young …

A 22-year-old Ohio man accused of selling heroin laced with an elephant tranquilizer that led to 28 overdoses in West Virginia on a single day has been sentenced to more than 18 years in federal prison. “Heroin is like driving intoxicated,” U.S. District Judge Robert Chambers said. “You may not mean harm to anybody, but …