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SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on a fast track to the International Space Station
With the late morning liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Watkins became the first Black woman to lea…
Feds offer exit plan for Montana town's asbestos cleanup
Tech executive mourned by Silicon Valley luminaries
Riviera casino closes doors after 60 years on Vegas Strip
McDonald's to simplify, but add choices
Unlike texting, these words preserved
Celebrating all things Spam
'Now he belongs to the ages'
Ford expands door latch recall to cover nearly 546,000 cars
DETROIT (AP) - Under pressure from U.S. safety regulators, Ford is expanding a recall of small and midsize cars to fix door latches that may not stay closed.
'It means making really difficult trade-offs'
WASHINGTON - More than one in four U.S. renters have to use at least half their family income to pay for housing and utilities.
Rage to relief in Baltimore
BALTIMORE - Rage turned to relief in Baltimore on Friday when the city's top prosecutor charged six police officers with felonies ranging from assault to murde…
NASA craft falls from orbit into Mercury
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The only spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury ended its four-year tour with a crash landing Thursday
Power plant disconnect?
FOSTER CITY, Calif. - Never lacking daring ideas, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is determined to jolt the electricity market.
Labor organizers seek unusual ally in fast-food franchisees
NEW YORK - Labor organizers are opening a new front in their campaign for a $15-an-hour wage for fast-food workers with a push to mobilize an unusual ally: franchisees.
Illinois county does booming business in asbestos lawsuits
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Few of the tourists who drive old Route 66 through this rural Illinois town are aware of its true economic engine: A booming business in asbestos lawsuits that attracts law firms from across th…
Fed appears no closer to a rate hike
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve downgraded its view of the U.S. economy Wednesday after a winter in which growth nearly froze. The Fed offered no sign that a …