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Updated 3 hours, 51 minutes ago

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…

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Jobs for grads likely to grow

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Crusade for better pay

NEW YORK - The Fight for $15 campaign to win higher pay and a union for fast-food workers is expanding to represent a variety of low-wage workers and become mo…

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
California vaccine bill stalls; will come back next week

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California vaccination bill that has generated intense debates pitting personal rights against public health stalled in the state Senate Wednesday, with lawmakers saying it could unconstituti…

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
More people worldwide are opening bank accounts

NEW YORK - Africans using cellphones, older Chinese, and Indians getting a push from their government have fueled an unprecedented surge of people opening their first bank accounts.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
SpaceX launches cargo capsule

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Can't catch this cougar

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Stop the 'beer, vomit and urine'

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Congress OKs bill to overhaul Medicare fees

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Something in the air

WASHINGTON - The shrinking space on airplanes is surely uncomfortable, but it might also be dangerous for passengers' health and safety.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Rubio joins GOP field

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
West Coast sardine season called off amid population decline

Fisheries managers have decided to call off the West Coast sardine fishing season that starts in July because of rapidly dwindling numbers, hoping to save an iconic industry from the kind of collapse that hit in th…

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
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