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  • USA Update Nude celebrity photo hack: How safe is your data in cloud storage?

    Nude photos of dozens of celebrities, presumably stolen from cloud storage services, started appearing online Sunday night. Here's how the rest of us can keep personal data safe.

  • USA Update Obama lays out plan to overhaul Veterans Affairs (+video)

    Speaking to the American Legion, President Obama outlined a series of executive actions to improve health care accessibility, streamline the transition to civilian life, and help military families achieve economic independence.

  • USA Update Aftershocks rattle Napa Valley: What causes them?

    As many as 65 aftershocks occurred in the first 24 hours following Sunday’s quake, and four minor temblors were reported in Napa County Tuesday morning.

  • USA Update Fort Lee shooter turns gun on self, but reasons behind rage unclear (+video)

    Fort Lee in Virginia was under a brief lockdown this morning as a female shooter barricaded herself in a building before turning her pistol on herself. No additional injuries have been reported.

  • USA Update Thousands gather to remember Michael Brown, seek to turn hurt into healing (+video)

    The memorial service for Michael Brown, the black teen killed two weeks ago, blended mourning and prayer with calls to channel anger into constructive action.

  • USA Update Why Moms target Kroger stores for next firearms ban (+video)

    Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America are calling for a weekend boycott of Kroger until it bans shoppers from openly carrying firearms. So far, the nation's largest grocery store chain is resisting a policy change.

  • USA Update Obama death threat: A blue Jetta, a death ray gun, and other threats

    Connecticut police helped find a suspect driving blue Volkswagon Jetta Friday after a possible death threat on President Obama. No more details were released about this threat. Obama gets about 30 death threats per day, says one source.

  • USA Update With accidental Uzi death, a spotlight on gun ranges as tourist destinations (+video)

    For a price, gun tourism gives customers, many from outside the US, access to high-powered weapons and a taste of 'American culture,' far from the regulations surrounding gun ownership.

  • USA Update To recline or not to recline? Airline legroom debate rages on.

    Who’s at fault for recent passenger fights over reclining seats: stubborn air travelers asserting conflicting rights, or airlines for cramming more people into economy-class seats?

  • USA Update Sister of Tsarnaev brothers arrested for alleged bomb threat

    Ailina Tsarnaeva turned herself in after a Harlem woman told law enforcement that Ms. Tsarnaeva had made a threatening phone call. She is the sister of alleged Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

  • USA Update Implausible win: Workers hail return of Market Basket CEO Arthur T. Demoulas (+video)

    Workers and loyal customers boycotted New England Market Basket supermarkets for six weeks in a bid to restore a management team that held out for worker-friendly management practices. In the end, they won.

  • USA Update A mother's plea to Islamic State: 'Please release my child' (+video)

    In a video, Shirley Sotloff appealed directly to the self-proclaimed leader of the Islamic State, asking that her son, American journalist Steven Sotloff, not be punished 'for matters he has no control over.'

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September 1, 2014

Photos of Labor Day weekend

An Indian laborer loads goods on a bike at Chawri Bazar, in New Delhi, India, Monday. Chawri Bazar, is a specialized wholesale hardware market said to have started in the late 19th Century, mostly selling brass, copper and paper products.

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  • USA Update Thousands gather to remember Michael Brown, seek to turn hurt into healing (+video)

    The memorial service for Michael Brown, the black teen killed two weeks ago, blended mourning and prayer with calls to channel anger into constructive action.

  • USA Update A black man who stands up to looters in Ferguson (+video)

    A resident of the Canfield Green Apartments apparently stops looters at Sam's Market in Ferguson, Mo. The episode is caught on video.

  • USA Update Ferguson: Supporters of officer Darren Wilson make voices heard (+video)

    Supporters of Darren Wilson, who killed black teen Mike Brown, have raised more than $200,000 for the Ferguson police officer. They've expressed sympathy for him in conspicuous ways, drawing criticism.

  • USA Update Holder's visit to Ferguson: Protests take a turn for the peaceful (+video)

    US Attorney General Eric Holder met Wednesday with community members and leaders in Ferguson, Mo., and acknowledged the discrimination blacks face across the nation. Protests began to calm down, as only six were arrested.

  • USA Update A calmer night in Ferguson: Will the peace last? (+video)

    Ferguson remained relatively calm Tuesday night, with only periodic demonstrations and no explosives, live rounds, or tear gas. A grand jury takes up whether to indict the police officer in the shooting death of Michael Brown.

  • USA Update Prosecutor to convene grand jury in chokehold death, prompting mixed reactions (+video)

    Staten Island district attorney Daniel Donovan will convene a grand jury in the apparent chokehold death of Eric Garner. While some have praised the move, the black community is skeptical.

  • USA Update Ferguson: Who are the outside agitators entering the fray? (+video)

    Politicians and police in Missouri say much of the recent violence in Ferguson, Mo., is due to outside instigators, some associated with fringe groups.

  • USA Update After autopsy, Mike Brown's parents call for officer's arrest (+video)

    An independent autopsy commissioned by the parents of slain teen Mike Brown has complicated both police and witness accounts of the altercation. Still, attorneys for Mr. Brown's family say there's cause to arrest the policeman in question.

  • USA Update Mike Brown protests: why the looting, tear gas got worse (+video)

    Law enforcement says the new spate of violence in Ferguson, Mo., is 'coordinated' and 'premeditated.' But deep racial tensions persist, as the US Department of Justice calls for another autopsy of slain teen Mike Brown.

  • USA Update Ferguson shooting: What's known now about Michael Brown (+video)

    Michael Brown, aka "Big Mike," has been described as too "gentle" to play football. But a police report released Friday, and photos of Mike Brown flashing 'gang signs,' paint a different portrait of black teenager fatally shot Saturday, Aug. 9.

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