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?Go Set a Watchman,? the much-anticipated second novel by ?To Kill a Mockingbird? author Harper Lee, is the most pre-ordered print title on Amazon.com since the last book in the ?Harry Potter? series, Amazon said on July 9. 

The Fourth of July has been recognized as Independence Day in the United States ever since the country’s Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. To mark the occasion, Americans celebrate with parades, fireworks, concerts and other festive activities.

The Supreme Court ruled on June 26 that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry in a historic triumph for the American gay rights movement.

The court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal protection under the law mean that states cannot ban same-sex marriages. With the ruling, gay marriage will become legal in all 50 states. 

The US Supreme Court ruled that the constitution guarantees a right for same-sex couples to marry, a decision that has now made gay marriage legal in all 50 states of the nation.

The court ruled, with a 5-4 vote, that the constitution requires a state to license a marriage between same-sex couples. Each of the dissenting justices wrote a dissent.

A coalition of Islamist rebels said they seized a Syrian army base in northwestern Idlib province at dawn on April 27 after a suicide bomber from al Qaeda's Nusra Front drove a truck packed with explosives inside and set it off. 

Syrian state media said the army had inflicted heavy casualties on rebels in the area and launched air strikes, but did not say the base had fallen. 

London based Mazi Mas (meaning "with us") is run by Nikandre Kopcke. To pay homage to her Greek roots she named her restaurant after the phraze, "Elate na fate mazi mas" (Come eat With us), but that's not all that's unique about the restaurant.

Before Eli Thompson was born, his father joked that he hoped he wouldn't pass on his nose to his new son.
     
But moments after Eli's birth, an air of seriousness - and concern - filled the room.
     
Mother Brandi McGlathery tells Al.com  she knew immediately that something wasn't right.
    
She shouted, "He doesn't have a nose!"
     

Legendary folk singer Joan Baez and world-renowned artist Ai Weiwei - both committed activists - will be the joint recipients of Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2015, the human rights organization announced yesterday.

US President Barack Obama rallied a new generation of Americans to the spirit of the civil rights struggle on March 7, warning their march for freedom "is not yet finished."       

White House security officers are scrambling to investigate two suspicious vehicles following a small explosion at a nearby food vendor. A security sweep is currently taking place.

Photos from Will Sweet show heavy smoke from the food locations in the 400 block of 15th street. The fire was extinguished but there were no injuries.