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Canadian and US indigenous leaders gathered in Ottawa on Wednesday in opposition to building pipelines to move Canadian tar sands oil across their traditional lands, citing environmental concerns.

Armed 'sentinels' could soon be walking the halls of South Dakota elementary and high schools after the largely rural state's governor signed a controversial bill into law Friday.

The US State Department suggested that a $5.3 billion Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline would have no major impact on the environment, but stopped short of recommending it be approved.

The US State Department suggested that a $5.3 billion Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline would have no major impact on the environment, but stopped short of recommending it be approved.

The central United States was digging out from a massive winter storm Friday while East Coast residents were preparing for a whopper set to strike over the weekend.

The US northeast slowly dug out early Sunday from a mammoth blizzard that choked air, road and rail travel, left some 650,000 homes and businesses without power and caused at least seven deaths.

Basketball-loving President Barack Obama joined LeBron James and the Miami Heat in putting on a gushing show of mutual admiration Monday as the reigning NBA champions were lauded at the White House.

Michael McComish, a high school wrestler in rural South Dakota, has found himself in the spotlight on internet videos since a spotlight literally fell on him during a match.

Several US states are considering allowing school teachers to carry weapons, and educators, determined not to allow a repeat of the Newtown massacre, are flocking to training sessions.

A massive and deadly winter snowstorm blanketed the US Midwest on Thursday, grounding hundreds of planes and making roads and highways impassable as travelers gear up for the Christmas holiday.

More than 100 openly gay candidates won election to public offices across the United States on Tuesday. More than 100 openly gay candidates won election to public offices across the United States on Tuesday. On a national level, six and as many as seven openly LGBT candidates are headed to Congress, including Wisconsin Senator-elect Tammy Baldwin, the first openly gay member of the U.S. Senate. ?This wasn't incremental progress. This was a breathtaking leap forward,? said Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, a group which supports openly gay candidates. ?Tammy Baldwin's victory in the face of tens of millions of dollars in super PAC spending against her is a testament to the enormous power of people who believe in and fight for progress, fairness and equality. LGBT candidates and their allies this year showed we are willing to engage fully in the political process to win the freedom we deserve.? (Related: Six openly gay candidates elected to Congress; seven

This ends AFP's Live Report on the reelection of Barack Obama to a second term as president of the United States.

0418 GMT: There is silence in the hall of Romney headquarters as the results are announced. Some supporters begin to leave.

An American inmate who wanted to be executed for the kidnapping, rape and killing of a young girl has been put to death in South Dakota, prison officials said Wednesday.

Former US senator George McGovern, a liberal icon who vowed to end the Vietnam War but lost a landslide presidential election to Richard Nixon in 1972, died early Sunday at the age of 90.

Former US senator George McGovern, a liberal icon who vowed to end the Vietnam War but lost a landslide presidential election to Richard Nixon in 1972, died early Sunday at the age of 90.

Former US Democratic senator George McGovern, who galvanized opposition to the Vietnam War only to lose in a landslide presidential election in 1972, has been admitted to a hospice.

Female Republican US lawmakers look more feminine than their Democratic counterparts, according to a study published based on computer analysis of facial features.

The number of West Nile virus deaths and infections continued to rise in the United States last week, but at a slower pace, according to health authorities.

A major US beef producer sued ABC News Thursday, claiming the network launched a "disinformation campaign" by calling its ground beef products "pink slime."