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Do not get sick in July. Why? You might die.

Dogs, like people, can get jealous and insecure. So you need to gently break the news about the human puppy that's coming.

In the two centuries since our nation's founders wrote of their goal to "form a more perfect union" in the U.S. Constitution, Americans have made more than 11,000 attempts to change it.

Hillary Clinton spent some time last week testing out one of her potential vice presidential running mates, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. The two Democratic powerhouses made a series of stops where they promised to champion American workers and blasted Donald Trump.

Russia's Vladimir Putin has been enjoying power for several decades now. From Bill Clinton in 1999 through to Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump in 2016, the Russian president has seen the relationship between two former superpowers transform from post Cold War jamboree to new Cold War acrimony.

In addition to barbecuing, beer-drinking, and fireworks-watching, we'd like to suggest another way to celebrate July 4th: Taking a quiz on American history and politics!

Iraq's capital was once again the scene of bloody carnage this weekend, with two separate car bombs killing at least 125 people.

Over the weekend ISIS dispelled any doubts that it was behind the terror attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In doing so, the group provided another example of its growing footprint in Asia -- and opened up another theater in its contest with al Qaeda.

Dozens are feared dead after floods struck northern Pakistan, washing away a mosque during Ramadan prayers, authorities told CNN Sunday.

At least five people were killed and 25 others were injured when a bus ran a red light on a Florida highway and collided with a tractor trailer, the Florida Highway Patrol said Saturday.

U.K. Treasury chief George Osborne says he wants to take an ax to the country's corporation tax to boost investment in the aftermath of the Brexit vote.

Six major terror strikes have occurred in recent days as the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan approaches. Ramadan ends Tuesday evening.

Levels of the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri that killed an Ohio teen were unusually high in water samples taken from the U.S. National Whitewater Center, and were likely caused by the failure of the water sanitation system, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced this week.

The front page of the New York Times on Sunday recounted Donald Trump's 2011 role in mainstreaming "birtherism" -- the discredited idea that President Obama was born outside the United States.

Just before Alvin Chang's mother passed away 12 years ago, she asked Alvin's older sister to look after him.

ISIS, perhaps the most feared terrorist group in the world, traces its short history to a man who was a prison gang leader, a high school dropout and an alleged teenage pimp.

Human remains have been recovered from the EgyptAir Flight 804 crash site in the Mediterranean, according to Egypt's Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee.

Members of the New York Police Department bomb squad are investigating an explosion in Central Park that left a man with severe leg injuries, police said Sunday.

The picket lines continued outside the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City on Sunday as workers entered day three of a strike.

This Independence Day, according to the American Automobile Association, Americans will set a new record: more than 43 million Americans will travel during the holiday weekend. Because of low fuel prices, Americans are taking to the roads -- 84% of those travelers (more than 36 million Americans) will be driving to their holiday destinations.