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The federal government is struggling to conduct background checks on people seeking security clearances, creating a backlog that one industry group says encompasses more than 700,000 applicants.

His fiancee, family members and fellow military brothers honored Aaron Butler in an emotional funeral in southern Utah, more than a week after the guardsman was killed in action in Afghanistan.

Authorities in California say they have found a smuggling tunnel that carried dozens of people across the border from Mexico into the United States.

Coast Guard Capt. Kevin Oditt says helicopters have rescued more than 100 people in the Houston area as Tropical Storm Harvey floods numerous neighborhoods.

The remains of eight Lebanese soldiers kidnapped by the Islamic State three years ago were located Sunday, a senior Lebanese official said, in a negotiated deal that followed a military offensive to drive the militants out of the border area with Syria.

Ten people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed when a suicide car bomber attacked an Afghan army convoy in southern Helmand province, a local official said.

Rising floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground Sunday in Houston, overwhelming rescuers who fielded countless desperate calls for help.

Rising floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground Sunday in Houston, overwhelming rescuers who fielded countless desperate calls for help.

Rising floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground Sunday in Houston, overwhelming rescuers who fielded countless desperate calls for help.

The Air Force is joining with the private sector in Alabama to team up against cyber-security threats.

Residents say suspected Boko Haram extremists killed at least 16 people and burned homes in two villages in Cameroon's north, near the border with Nigeria.

An Air Force officer who engaged in an unprofessional relationship with an airman 20 years his junior while commanding a small expeditionary base in Africa will be forced out of the service following a general court-martial last week.

An Air Force officer who engaged in an unprofessional relationship with an airman 20 years his junior while commanding a small expeditionary base in Africa will be forced out of the service following a general court-martial last week.

Iraq's military fully reclaimed this northern city from the Islamic State on Sunday in a rapid campaign that defied expectations that the extremist group would put up a fierce resistance in one of its last major strongholds.

Sunday's statement says Iraqi troops have captured all of the town's neighborhoods and they are now heading to al-Ayadia district, about 6 miles northwest of Tal Afar where militants have fled.

More than 120 people were wounded. Authorities say 24 remain hospitalized, five in critical condition.

The German magazine Der Spiegel reported Sunday that Germany seeks immunity in Jordan for 250 soldiers who are part of the U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State extremists.

In nearly two dozen interviews with Sunnis living in the camps of the displaced, there were variations on the same theme: IS was too brutal and individual members were corrupt, but its goals to restore morality and faith were worthy.

Scotland Yard said the 30-year-old suspect was detained Sunday on suspicion of involvement in terrorism.

Coalition spokesman Col. Turki al-Maliki said in a statement that Friday's bombing in the capital, Sanaa, was "accidental" and "unintentional."

The Syrian army and Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, which are waging a separate campaign on the other side of the border, also announced a cease-fire.

Berry Greenwood Benson is often known as a sharpshooter and scout and for his unique escapes from Union prison camps.

Jason Kelly, Gabe Magnison and Paul Mangieri are 2017 grads who played roles in their football team's winningest season in 25 years.

The suspect, a Belgian citizen of Somali origin, was also carrying a fake firearm and copies of the Quran.

1st Lt. Kathryn Bailey, Staff Sgt. Abigail Milam, and Sgt. Michael Nelson were declared deceased by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner after analysis of organic matter discovered among recovered debris matched their DNA, the statement said.