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A dump truck driver who said he had a bomb deliberately smashed his truck through a security gate of the FBI's offices on Tuesday, but no bomb was found and there appeared to be no connection to terrorism, authorities said.

A wearable device designed to better stimulate brain function during athletic training could soon be adopted by American special operations troops.

A wearable device designed to better stimulate brain function during athletic and, perhaps, military training could soon be adopted by American special operations troops, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday.

The chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Veterans Affairs has broadened his request for information on two former soldiers involved in mass shootings in Texas and Louisiana.

Daniel Meyer, who previously oversaw the Defense Department’s decisions on whistleblowing cases, has lodged his own complaint, alleging he was punished for disclosing “public corruption.” He also says he was targeted for being gay.

About 800 soldiers from an aviation unit are deploying to Afghanistan this summer, the Army announced Tuesday.

It turns out you can teach an old dog new tricks. That's if the dog is super-soldier former CIA agent Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), and the trainer is director Paul Greengrass, who helmed Bournes "Supremacy" and "Ultimatum." After the misfire that was "The Bourne Legacy," a misguided attempt to pass off the franchise to Jeremy Renner, Damon and Greengrass ably right the ship, delivering a Bourne film that looks and feels like the kind that we've always loved.

The U.S. Agency for International Development has received at least 116 complaints of abuse, and 25 investigations have been opened, some two-thirds of which relate to theft and fraud. Contracts worth $239 million have been suspended.

Unidentified gunmen killed two army soldiers in a hit-and-run attack in the southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday, police said.

After multiple attacks in France and a failed coup in Turkey, both Spain and its Iberian neighbor Portugal are forecasting a record number of visitors this year as tourists seek sun in destinations perceived as safer.

The Coast Guard says about 4,200 gallons of crude oil has leaked from an abandoned oil pipeline near marshland in southeast Louisiana.

A Tesla car involved in a deadly crash in Florida that's under investigation because the driver was using automated technology was speeding before striking a truck.

Libya's chief of staff on Tuesday threatened to target foreign oil tankers if they entered territorial waters, after a controversial deal was struck between the United Nations envoy and a militia commander in control of the oil terminals.

The United States and Russia agreed to uphold a Cold War-era pact to prevent incidents at sea and in the air after recent aggressive maneuvers by Russian planes on U.S. ships and aircraft, the Navy’s top officer said Tuesday.

In April, USS John C. Stennis and four other warships were denied entry into Hong Kong, following months of increased tensions between the two countries over the South China Sea.

The Forgotten Warrior Memorial Wall will be a tribute to all veterans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces and have been afflicted with PTSD and sacrificed their lives beyond the limits of active duty. It is expected to open in November.

A Texas judge on Tuesday dismissed the last remaining charge against two anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos showing their efforts to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood. "I'm glad the First Amendment rights of all citizen journalists have been vindicated today," said activist David Daleiden. "And I would just note that Planned Parenthood is still under investigation by the United States Congress, as they should be, because they are the real criminals in this matter."

At issue is upwards of $1 trillion in new spending over the coming decade to replace aging aircraft, missiles, submarines and warheads and to upgrade infrastructure.

When militants loyal to the Islamic State group seek to inflict pain on Europe, France is their preferred target, a grim reality borne out yet again with Tuesday's knife slaughter of a Catholic priest.

House Speaker Paul Ryan is vigorously defending the role of NATO and the importance of the United States leading the creation of free-trade agreements, in a break from positions taken by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

The directive lets the public know which agency handles what. The administration also for the first time revealed how it grades the severity of an event - and how it determines what is significant.

The Obama administration will soon expand efforts to help Central American families and children legally immigrate to the United States amid another surge of migrants caught crossing the border illegally.

The presence of a U.S. anti-drone system is a small glimpse into how the American military is adapting to evolving battlefield threats in the wake of its two protracted ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

She’s been on the run from police for three weeks, now from bounty hunters hoping to cash in a reward offered for her safe capture. The suspect, a brown cow, escaped from a slaughterhouse three weeks ago.

She’s been on the run from police for three weeks, now from bounty hunters hoping to cash in a reward offered for her safe capture. The suspect, a brown cow, escaped from a slaughterhouse three weeks ago.