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President Joe Biden revealed in a speech to the US Naval Academys graduating class that Chinese President Xi Jinping warned him that democracies are on the decline and that "autocracies will run the world".

A nearly weeklong celebration of the life of US senator John McCain -- war hero, maverick, two-time presidential candidate and outspoken critic of Donald Trump -- came to a solemn and subdued end on Sunday as he was laid to rest at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

An Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing seven people, was barrelling into a curved stretch of track at 100 miles per hour, over twice the speed limit, when the engineer slammed on the brakes, US investigators said on Wednesday.

A winter storm stretching from Texas to southern New England and forecast on Wednesday to dump up to a foot (30 cm) of snow on the eastern United States forced schools and local governments to close and grounded almost 1,800 flights.

The US Navy has promoted a woman to the rank of a four-star admiral for the first time in its 238-year history, a milestone for females in the American military.

It's a dramatic tale.Elite Navy SEALs storm a walled compound in Pakistan and take out the world's most wanted terrorist.Footnote: They were all men.While America's last 10 years of war have propelled women into new and far more risky roles across the military, there are still some doors that are closed. Chief among those are the special operations...

President Joe Biden revealed in a speech to the US Naval Academys graduating class that Chinese President Xi Jinping warned him that democracies are on the decline and that "autocracies will run the world".

A nearly weeklong celebration of the life of US senator John McCain -- war hero, maverick, two-time presidential candidate and outspoken critic of Donald Trump -- came to a solemn and subdued end on Sunday as he was laid to rest at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

An Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing seven people, was barrelling into a curved stretch of track at 100 miles per hour, over twice the speed limit, when the engineer slammed on the brakes, US investigators said on Wednesday.

A winter storm stretching from Texas to southern New England and forecast on Wednesday to dump up to a foot (30 cm) of snow on the eastern United States forced schools and local governments to close and grounded almost 1,800 flights.

The US Navy has promoted a woman to the rank of a four-star admiral for the first time in its 238-year history, a milestone for females in the American military.

It's a dramatic tale.Elite Navy SEALs storm a walled compound in Pakistan and take out the world's most wanted terrorist.Footnote: They were all men.While America's last 10 years of war have propelled women into new and far more risky roles across the military, there are still some doors that are closed. Chief among those are the special operations...