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It's been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific and there's still a long way to go
The most active season on record in the eastern Pacific was 1992, when there were 25 named storms, Rosencrans said…
Bergdahl to takethe stand today
SAN ANTONIO - The commanders of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's platoon, company and battalion testified Thursday that his disappearance from his post in Afghanistan six years ago put a strain on their forces and put his fell…
Stocks close lower after Fed keeps interest rates low
NEW YORK - Stocks ended mostly lower after a volatile day as traders tried to figure out what was next for U.S. interest rates.
Chinese, U.S. firms hope to resurrect California-Vegas train
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Nevada company that has labored for a decade to connect Southern California and the Las Vegas Strip via a high-speed train is hoping help from a Chinese firm will get the project on track.
GM will pay $900 million over ignition switch scandal
NEW YORK - General Motors agreed to pay $900 million to fend off criminal prosecution over the deadly ignition-switch scandal, striking a deal that brought criticism down on the Justice Department for not bringing …
A look at Bergdahl's Article 32 hearing
SAN ANTONIO - The U.S. Army is holding an Article 32 hearing in the case of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was charged in March with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy for allegedly leaving his post in southeaster…
Ending the speculation
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve ended weeks of speculation Thursday by keeping U.S. interest rates at record lows in the face of threats from a weak global ec…
Will the Fed finally raise interest rates?
WASHINGTON (AP) - For seven years - through political fights, Europe debt crises and market panic - investors could count on one thing: Short-term U.S. interes…
Issues too
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Amid the back-and-forth bickering over Donald Trump, the Republican presidential contest took a substantive and serious turn in Wednesday…
Bergdahl to face desertion hearing
HOUSTON - A hearing for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who faces military charges for leaving his post in Afghanistan, begins Thursday in which military prosecutors and his lawyers will make their cases for why he should or s…
CIA declassifies Cold War-era memos
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - As the U.S. and Russia reached the brink of nuclear war in 1962, President John F. Kennedy received top-secret intelligence from the CIA that a new warhead launcher was spotted in Cuba.
Going local
Carson among top tier of GOP candidates
Floods kill at least 12 in polygamous town
Bergdahl lawyer wants interrogation made public
Wildfire evacuees return and find charred ruins