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UN votes to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday night to secure and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile, a landmark decision aimed at taking poison gas off the battlefield in the escalating 2 1/2-year conflict.

Shutdown looming: Weekend showdown at the Capitol

Time running short, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed urgent legislation Friday to avert a government shutdown early next week, and President Barack Obama lectured House Republicans to stop “appeasing the tea party” and quickly follow suit.

Michigan appeals court allows hit man to testify

A convicted hit man will have the opportunity to testify and possibly clear a young man in a quadruple-killing at a Detroit drug house under a Michigan Court of Appeals decision released Friday.

 
Shutdown impact: Tourists, homebuyers hit quickly

If the government “shuts down” next Tuesday, your mail will still come. Doctors will see Medicare patients. NASA will keep talking to the astronauts circling Earth on the Space Station. In fact, the majority of government will remain on the job.

US mom, 5 kids survive Kenya mall attack

A U.S. woman and her five children survived when an armed gunmen burst into a Kenya mall just after noon last Saturday, the start of a four-day attack that killed more than 60 shoppers.

Official says Kenyan forces caused mall collapse

Kenya’s military caused the massive collapse of three floors of Nairobi’s Westgate Mall during the terrorist siege in which at least 67 people died, a top-ranking government official said Friday.

 
Obama speaks to Rouhani, says Iran deal possible

President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone Friday, the first conversation between American and Iranian presidents in more than 30 years. The exchange could reflect a major step in resolving global concerns over Iran’s nuclear program.