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U.S. to raise bar for "made in America" products
Washington, July 16 (Xinhua/UNB) -- U.S. President Donald Trump ordered Monday that only products with more than 55 percent made in the United States may be considered "made in America," eyeing to raise the bar to 75 percent in the future.
US, Russian delegations to discuss arms control in Geneva
Washington, Jul 16 (AP/UNB) — Delegations from the U.S. and Russia are expected to meet this week to discuss arms control and the possibility of coaxing China into negotiating a new, three-way nuclear weapons pact, two senior administration officials said Monday.
Trump digs in amid censure of racist tweets about lawmakers
Washington, Jul 15 (AP/UNB) — Injecting race into his criticism of liberal Democrats, President Donald Trump said four congresswomen of color should go back to the "broken and crime infested" countries they came from, ignoring the fact that all of the women are American citizens and three were born in the U.S. His attack drew a searing condemnation from Democrats who labeled the remarks racist and breathtakingly divisive.
Thousands left in the dark during NYC power outage
New York, Jul 14 (AP/UNB) — On the anniversary of a 1977 blackout that left most of New York City without power, a massive power outage on a hot Saturday night in Manhattan preemptively brought the curtain down on Broadway shows and packed streets with people wielding cellphones as flashlights amid a cacophony of sirens and horns from stalled traffic.
Chevron spills 800,000 gallons of oil, water in California
Sacramento, Jul 13 (AP/UNB) — Officials began to clean up a massive oil spill Friday that dumped nearly 800,000 gallons of oil and water into a California canyon, making it larger — if less devastating — than the state's last two major oil spills.
Trump says nationwide immigration arrests to begin Sunday
Washington, Jul 13 (AP/UNB) — The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said efforts to deport families with orders to leave the country will continue after an upcoming national sweep that President Donald Trump said would start Sunday.
US deciding how to punish ally Turkey over Russian arms deal
Washington, July 12 (AP/UNB) — The U.S. edged closer to crisis Friday with NATO ally Turkey, which began receiving components of a Russian-made air defense system in defiance of Trump administration warnings that the deal would mean economic sanctions and no access to America's most advanced fighter jet.
2020 Democrats paint contrast with Trump on immigration
Milwaukee, Jul 12 (AP/UNB) — Democratic presidential candidates promised major changes to U.S. immigration law Thursday, contrasting their ideas to the hardline policies of President Donald Trump during a forum with Latino political activists in Milwaukee.
Lawsuit: White couple evicted tenant over black visitors
Atlanta, Jul 11 (AP/UNB) — A white Georgia couple evicted a white tenant because she invited a black family to the home she was renting, according to a federal lawsuit that says the landlords violated civil rights and fair housing laws.
Sturgeon, America's forgotten dinosaurs, slowly coming back
Charles City, Jul 11 (AP/UNB) — Sturgeon were America's vanishing dinosaurs, armor-plated beasts that crowded the nation's rivers until mankind's craving for caviar pushed them to the edge of extinction.