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24/7 News Source_The U.S. is denouncing the suicide bombings in Yemen that killed at least 100 people today. State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke expressed condolences to the families of those killed and the several hundred wounded...

President Barack Obama has signed into law a measure intended to help deter veterans from committing suicide.

The White House is confirming the death of American aid worker Kayla Jean Mueller.

The White House says it erred in not sending a high-level official to an anti-terror march in Paris on Sunday. More than 40 world leaders attended the rally, which was aimed at showing unity following terror attacks by Islamic militants that left 17 people dead...

Former President George H.W. Bush has been taken to a Houston hospital after experiencing a shortness of breath. Spokesman Jim McGrath said in statement that Bush was taken Tuesday evening by ambulance to Houston Methodist Hospital as a ‘‘precaution...

Gov. Deval Patrick says he still has made no decisions about his future after leaving office. In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, Patrick indicated he had received feelers about a ``range of things'' but had no plans beyond vacationing with his wife, Diane, after his final day as governor on Jan...

Massachusetts Gov.-elect Charlie Baker is gearing up for a daylong trip to the White House where he's scheduled to meet with President Barack Obama. Baker told The Associated Press on Thursday that he first thought all 50 governors would be invited, but later realized it included only five or six newly elected governors...

The Democrat-controlled Senate has defeated a bill to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The Senate's 59-41 vote Tuesday night was a nail-biter to the end. The bill needed 60 votes to reach the White House. The House passed it overwhelmingly last week...

With Ebola concerns growing, President Obama says plans are underway for additional airline passenger screening in West Africa and the U.S. After a White House meeting with top health officials, the President again called the Ebola outbreak a significant national security threat...

Embattled Secret Service Director Julia Pierson is out. Pierson submitted her resignation to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. Pierson has been under fire for a series of security breaches involving President Obama and the White House...