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Year after tour, Beyonce back for husband's festival Beyonce will play her first full show in a year as the pop superstar headlines a festival in Philadelphia founded by her husband, rap mogul Jay-Z.

25 June 2015

Kerry warns no Iran deal if concerns left unanswered Top US diplomat John Kerry warned there would be no deal with Iran if it fails to satisfy all lingering questions about its nuclear program, as he prepares to head back to tough negotiations.

25 June 2015

Obama urges China to take 'concrete steps' to ease tensions President Barack Obama urged Beijing to take "concrete steps" to ease tensions over cyber hacking and its wide-ranging maritime claims.

25 June 2015

Bobby Jindal launches US presidential bid Pegging himself as a rebellious outsider Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal announced he is running for president.

25 June 2015

Boston bomber to be formally sentenced to death A US federal judge will formally sentence Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death at a court hearing Wednesday.

24 June 2015

Medical marijuana may help some symptoms, but not all Medical marijuana shows some effectiveness in helping treat chronic pain but there is less evidence of its success in warding off nausea or helping ill patients gain weight.

24 June 2015

US wiretapped France's presidents: media citing WikiLeaks The United States wiretapped France's former presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, as well as current leader Francois Hollande, French media reported, citing WikiLeaks files.

24 June 2015

Hollywood mourns 'Titanic' composer Horner Shell-shocked Hollywood mourned James Horner, the Oscar-winning composer of musical scores for "Titanic" and "Avatar," who died in a plane crash aged 61.

24 June 2015

Instagram targets real-time events in Twitter challenge Instagram began letting users easily tune into hot topics of the moment as the Facebook-owned image sharing service stepped squarely into Twitter's domain.

24 June 2015

Walmart pulls Confederate flag merchandise after Charleston attack Walmart announced it has decided to remove Confederate flag merchandise from its stores as a debate rages around the banner seen by many as a symbol of racial violence.

23 June 2015

Composer for 'Titanic,' 'Avatar' dies in plane crash: report James Horner, the celebrated composer for some of Hollywood's smash-hit films including "Titanic" and "Avatar," died Monday in a plane crash at the age of 61.

23 June 2015

Millions of smokers may have undiagnosed lung disease More than half of current and former smokers who can pass basic lung function tests may suffer from lung diseases that have gone undiagnosed.

23 June 2015

Pixar's 'Inside Out' set box office record in debut Pixar's critically acclaimed "Inside Out" -- an animated look at the mind of a pre-teen girl -- could not defeat the dinosaurs of "Jurassic World" at the North American weekend box office.

23 June 2015

US rap mogul Diddy arrested in Los Angeles American rap mogul Diddy was arrested in Los Angeles for assault with a deadly weapon -- in this case, a kettlebell.

23 June 2015

Apple bows to Taylor Swift on streaming payments Tech giant Apple late Sunday bowed to pressure from pop superstar Taylor Swift and raised payments to artists for its forthcoming music streaming service.

22 June 2015

Yoga event draws thousands, including UN chief, to Times Square About 17,000 people set out their mats and stretched into yoga exercises in New York's Times Square to celebrate the first International Day of Yoga.

22 June 2015

Charleston church holds first service since massacre The historic black church in South Carolina where a white gunman murdered nine African Americans, held its first church service since the massacre.

22 June 2015

Pentagon chief to seek greater NATO support on Europe trip US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will visit his European counterparts this week to take stock of cooperation with NATO.

22 June 2015

Strident Obama says gun control laws will change US President Barack Obama voiced confidence that a "shocked and heartbroken" nation would eventually tighten permissive gun laws.

20 June 2015

Quiet loner or racist monster -- who is Charleston suspect? A week ago, Dylann Roof is said to have bragged that he wanted to kill a bunch of people.

20 June 2015

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