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US accuses militia leaders of violently suppressing protests

He says his administration is looking into revising the water-saving standard on toilets in areas where water is not scarce

Alaska recorded its warmest month ever in July and the trend has continued

Navy officials and law enforcement officials are looking at all motives, including terrorism, in the deadly shooting by the Saudi pilot in the US for training

It has been more than two years since Venezuelan authorities arrested a group of CITGO executives, all of them dual U.S.-Venezuelan nationals. The family of one executive, Tomeu Vadell, lives in a small Louisiana town that recently held a vigil to draw attention to the detention. For VOA, Jorge Agobian has more from Lake Charles.

The ship is the second of the US Navy's new Ford-Class of aircraft carriers

The hearing was still underway Friday morning and a judge had yet to rule on whether Weinstein would face any penalty over the alleged violations