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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…
American, United delay, change Boeing 787 orders
SEATTLE (AP) - American Airlines Group Inc. says it will delay delivery of five Boeing 787 jets in response to slower growth in international travel demand.
Hawaii to say Aloha to new smoking law?
HONOLULU - A bill that would make Hawaii the first state to raise the legal smoking age to 21 cleared the Legislature on Friday and is headed to the governor.
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Attorney general Holder bids farewell after 6-year tenure
After drone killings, pressure for a new hostage strategy
WASHINGTON - The accidental killing of two hostages in a U.S. operation against al-Qaida has put a new spotlight on the Obama administration's reliance on drones in the battle against terrorism - and has also raise…
'We don't take this work lightly'
MCLEAN, Va. - A day after revealing an intelligence failure that cost the lives of two al-Qaida hostages, President Barack Obama on Friday praised the nation's…
Women held captive in Ohio home for decade release a memoir
NEW YORK - When Amanda Berry's toddler daughter had night terrors and started screaming and running around the room, Berry couldn't always get to her - because she was chained and couldn't move that far.
Prosecution rests in penalty phase of Boston bomber trial
BOSTON (AP) - A video played Thursday at the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev showed a mother crouched over her 8-year-old son as he lay dying on the sidewalk, a scene prosecutors hoped would linge…
Blue Bell closing creameries for training, cleaning
BRENHAM, Texas (AP) - Blue Bell Creameries said it will close all three of its creameries in Texas, Oklahoma and Alabama for intensive cleaning and employee training in response to listeria illnesses linked to its …
Bringing back mammoths?
NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists are getting their best look yet at the DNA code for the woolly mammoth, thanks to work that could be a step toward bringing back the…
More hot water for controversial 'Sheriff Joe'
PHOENIX (AP) - In a bombshell revelation, Sheriff Joe Arpaio acknowledged Thursday that his office was behind a secret investigation into the wife of the judge presiding over a racial-profiling lawsuit against the …
Illness on diverted flight 'a big mystery'
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - An airline passenger said he had trouble breathing, and others felt ill, but the airline said Thursday that an inspection found no mechanical faults after the jet made an emergency landing in…
Anti-human trafficking bill passes Senate
WASHINGTON - The Senate unanimously passed legislation Wednesday to help the victims of human trafficking, ending a tortuous partisan standoff over abortion that also delayed confirmation of President Barack Obama'…
Unwrapping a plan
NEW YORK - McDonald's plans to unwrap a plan next month that it says will help reverse sales declines around the world.
Obama trade agenda wins Senate round
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's trade agenda narrowly passed an initial Senate test late Wednesday, but many fellow Democrats hope to trip him in the Hou…
Rand Paul on NSA: 'Our Founding Fathers would be mortified'
WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. Rand Paul lashed out against the federal government's sweeping surveillance programs on Wednesday, staking an aggressive position on an issue already dividing the Republican presidentia…