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BAGHDAD – Iraq’s parliament speaker has ended the debate on the proposed Iraq-U.S. security agreement and set Wednesday for a vote on the deal that will allow U.S. troops to stay in Iraq for three more years. Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani says the vote can be held earlier if the legislature’s …

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Three people face federal charges for allegedly conspiring to take two young girls to an Indiana hotel room for a sex “party,” then taking pictures as the children were molested. Tabitha D. Robinson, 32, of Midlothian allegedly took a 3-year-old girl to a Best Western …

KUT, Iraq – The U.S. military on Wednesday handed over security responsibilities for the southern province of Wasit to Iraqi authorities in a move that signals the growing capabilities of the country’s fledgling security forces. Wasit province is the 13th of Iraq’s 18 provinces to return to full government control. …