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Hegseth announces a new drone command and cuts to 20% of generals in 'State of the Force' speech
The Pentagon chief announced the intention to create a new four-star command to oversee the rollout of autonomous …
Farmers accept water reduction in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California farmers who hold some of the state's strongest water rights avoided the threat of deep mandatory cuts when the state accepted their proposal Friday to voluntarily reduce consumption …
Choppy slick is harder to clean
LOS ANGELES - A 10-square-mile oil slick off the coast of California is thinner than a coat of paint and it's becoming harder to skim from choppy waters, offic…
Rate climb pending
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Friday she expects to begin raising interest rates later this year - if the job market improves and the Fe…
Biker meeting organizer gets proclamation
Days after a biker shootout at a Texas restaurant, the same group that organized the motorcyclists' meeting that turned violent received a proclamation from th…
Demilitarizing the cops
BURIEN, Wash. - When prosecutor Dan Satterberg used to visit Washington state's police academy, the seas would part before him. Recruits would snap to attentio…
Protecting a population
Government hunters have begun scouting an island at the mouth of the Columbia River as they prepare to shoot thousands of hungry seabirds to stop them from eat…
Senate clears White House-backed trade bill
WASHINGTON - In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Senate passed bipartisan legislation Friday night to strengthen the administration's hand in global trade talks, clearing the way for a highly unpredictable…
Senate blocks House surveillance bill
WASHINGTON - The Senate struggled unsuccessfully to prevent an interruption in critical government surveillance programs early Saturday, blocking a House-passe…
Expedia sells stake in Chinese travel service
NEW YORK (AP) - Expedia sold its entire stake in eLong, a Chinese travel service, for roughly $671 million to a group of businesses based in China.
CVS Health set to acquire Omnicare
CVS Health will pay more than $10 billion for pharmaceutical distributor Omnicare in a deal primed to feed its fast-growing specialty drug business and tap a lucrative and growing market: Care for the elderly.
Compromise sought on domestic surveillance
WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the Senate intelligence committee floated a compromise Thursday that would end bulk collection of phone records by the National Security Agency after a two-year transition period, …
Alaska's walrus cam is back online
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A popular webcam showing large male Pacific walruses lying on the beach with a Hitchcockian number of seabirds flying overhead is once agai…
New report: Attica prisoners were beaten
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - More than 40 years after the nation's bloodiest prison rebellion, newly released documents contain accounts, some never before seen publicl…
Lumber Liquidators CEO quits
NEW YORK - Lumber Liquidators CEO Robert Lynch has abruptly quit the company that is embroiled in an investigation over products imported from China.
Stocks notch record as rising oil boosts energy sector
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market eked out another record close on Thursday as rising oil prices boosted energy stocks.