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 Fitch warns on US credit rating Ratings agency Fitch puts the US AAA credit rating under review for a downgrade as the deadline to raise the US borrowing limit draws closer. Read More »Afghan veteran gets Medal of Honor President Barack Obama awards the highest US military honour to the survivor of a ferocious Afghan firefight who questioned his superior officers. Read More »Glen Greenwald leaves the Guardian Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who covered data leaked by US whistleblower Edward Snowden, says he is leaving Britain's Guardian newspaper. Read More »Government shutdown leaves immigrants in limbo Government shutdown leaves immigrants in limbo Read More »Trauma and drowning killed GB sailor British Olympic sailing champion Andrew Simpson died from blunt trauma and drowning when his yacht capsized in the US in May, a medical examiner's report rules. Read More » VIDEO: Newlyweds separated by US shutdown Ben Norskov and Mohini Freya Dutta got married this July. Now they will have to spend eight months apart because the US government shutdown delayed Dutta's green card application. Read More »NYSE beats Nasdaq in Twitter listing Twitter chooses the New York Stock Exchange for its share listing, as it reports that quarterly losses have tripled. Read More »VIDEO: Al Qaeda suspect appears in US court A Libyan man captured by US special forces in Tripoli earlier this month has appeared in court in New York and pleaded not guilty Read More »VIDEO: NYT chief defends Snowden leaks The executive editor of the New York Times has defended the publication of documents from US whistleblower Edward Snowden, following accusations that such leaks were a threat to national security. Read More » Parking ticket woe for Clinton Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's receives a ticket for parking for 45 minutes without paying while she collects an award in London. Read More »VIDEO: When docu-maker met Lance Armstrong Oscar winning documentary maker, Alex Gibney, speaks to BBC Breakfast about his relationship with Lance Armstrong and the film he made about the man at the centre of one of sport's biggest ever cover-ups. Read More »US Senate rushes to draft debt plan The US Senate is expected to take up a bipartisan bill to raise the debt limit and reopen the US government, just a day before the US risks default. Read More »JPMorgan fined $100m for trade loss JP Morgan receives a fine of $100m (£62.4m) from US regulators over its "London Whale" trading loss and admits its traders acted recklessly. Read More »Four die as boat capsizes off Miami Four suspected illegal migrants die and 11 others are rescued after a boat capsizes in waters off Miami, the US Coastguard says. Read More »US Senate reaches fiscal deal Republican and Democrat leaders of the US Senate have struck a cross-party deal to reopen the government and raise the nation's debt limit. Read More »Bank of America earnings surge Bank of America has reported a profit of $2.5bn (£1.6bn) in 2013, compared to $340m a year earlier, as the bank finally puts its legal woes behind it. Read More » | ||||
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