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The plan gives legal status to millions without necessary interviews, says the USCIS leader.

BEIRUT (AP) — Fierce street fighting in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border has killed at least 28 elite members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, activists said Monday, as Syrian government forces pushed deeper into the strategic, opposition-held town.

The past few months produced a sustained bout of sectarian violence.

By Chookyung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Monday, making six launches in three days, and it condemned South Korea for criticizing what it said were its legitimate military drills. South Korea's Defense Ministry said North Korea had fired one missile on Monday morning and a second one in the afternoon. Both were fired into the sea off North Korea's east coast, a ministry official said. ...

The Justice Department collected James Rosen's telephone records.

A college student was taken hostage by a masked intruder when he aimed at an officer.

Less than a week after a string of tornadoes killed six people in north Texas, a massive storm system that tore through the center of the country on Sunday spawned at least a dozen tornadoes, killed at least one person, injured a dozen others and caused extensive damage from Georgia to Minnesota. A tornado at [...]

(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said it is acquiring blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, a bold bet by Chief Executive Marissa Mayer to revitalize the struggling Internet pioneer by co-opting a Web property with strong visitor traffic but little revenue. The deal, which will use about a fifth of Yahoo's $5.4 billion in cash and marketable securities, is the largest by far since Mayer took the reins in July seeking to reverse a multi-year decline in Yahoo's business and Web traffic. ...

One Brazilian tourist was killed while 24 other people on board were injured.

The country once had several dozen cases every year. It now ranks second in Europe.

A graduate in 2013 pays 250% more than someone in 1982.

It could be a wait of up to two months to find out who won the $590.5 million prize.

A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory Monday in eastern China, killing five people and leaving another 20 missing, state media reported. Rescue work was continuing at the site of the mid-morning ...

It's the fifth time in three days that North Korea has launched a projectile.

A wave of car bombings strikes Baghdad's Shiite areas and the southern city of Basra.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Middle East this week to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia.

The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to pass a landmark immigration bill this week.