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President Obama pays tribute to the victims of the September 11th terror attacks in his weekly address, and vows to continue the fight against terrorism. Obama says the U.S. has delivered devastating blows to the terror organizations since then, and "delivered justice" to Osama bin Laden, but more work needs to be done in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria...

President Obama says the U.S.-led coalition is hitting ISIS harder than ever. After a high-level meeting at the Pentagon, Obama said the coalition has fired roughly nine-thousand bombs at ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria. He insisted that his anti-ISIS strategy is moving forward with a great sense of urgency on multiple levels...

BOSTON (AP) _ Gov. Charlie Baker says Massachusetts isn't getting out of the business of supporting refugee resettlement. Baker told reporters Monday that providing help to refugees is something ``we've been doing forever and we're going to continue to collaborate and cooperate with the federal government on that...

Mayor Jon Mitchell says he, too, needs to know more about the federal government's vetting process for Syrian refugees before welcoming them in. "If there is in place some way of vetting people thoroughly so that we don't have sleeper cells taking root in the United States, here in New Bedford or anywhere else, then I'd be fine with it...

Security is being tightened for some U.S.-bound flights following the deadly crash of a Russian jetliner in Egypt last weekend. The Department of Homeland Security announced the move today without naming which foreign airports are involved...

There are no smiles in pictures of President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin as they met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Their meeting came amid a disagreement over Russia's support for Syria in its fight against ISIS...

The Obama administration is considering whether the United States should do more to help with the refugee crisis in Europe, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said yesterday. Hundreds of thousands of desperate refugees, most of them fleeing the war in Syria, are pouring into Europe, seeking a place of safety...

ISIS is claiming to have executed a Jordanian pilot by burning him alive. The terrorist group has released a video that purportedly includes photos of the pilot's savage murder. The images show a man in a cage which is then set on fire...

Tehran has confirmed that an Iranian general was among the seven killed in what the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group has described as an Israeli airstrike in Syria.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is headed out the door. President Obama announced Hagel's resignation in a statement at the White House. Obama praised Hagel's tenure as defense chief and called him a great friend. He said Hagel has been instrumental in putting together the U...