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US Sending Troops To Mideast Amid Gulf Tensions Over Iran

The U.S. is sending 1,000 more troops to the Middle East as tensions in the Persian Gulf mounted Tuesday over Iran’s announcement it will not comply with the international agreement that keeps it from making nuclear weapons. At the same time, Iran insisted it was not seeking war.

Masked Gunman Killed In Shootout At Dallas Courthouse

An Army veteran wearing a mask and carrying more than 150 rounds of ammunition for his high-powered rifle was shot dead Monday after he opened fire outside a busy federal courthouse in downtown Dallas, authorities said.

Police: 4 Shot, 3 Arrested At Raptors Rally In Toronto

Gunfire broke out and a stampede ensued as fans celebrated at a rally Monday for the NBA champion Raptors, leaving four people shot and thousands fleeing less than a block from where the players and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat on stage.

Gloria Vanderbilt, Heiress, Jeans Queen, Dies At 95

Gloria Vanderbilt, the intrepid heiress, artist and romantic who began her extraordinary life as the “poor little rich girl” of the Great Depression, survived family tragedy and multiple marriages and reigned during the 1970s and ’80s as a designer jeans pioneer, died Monday at the age of 95.

William Shatner Talks Aliencon, New Show

William Shatner is executive producing and hosting a new show. The The UnXplained premieres on the History Channel July 19th at 10pm. He tells Derek James about that, plus Aliencon. But all that's…

US Catholic Bishops Convene To Confront Sex-Abuse Crisis

The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops convened a high-stakes meeting Tuesday under pressure to confront the child sexual abuse crisis that has disillusioned many churchgoers, with one scholar warning: “We find ourselves at a turning point, a critical moment in our history.”

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