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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…
The 'banana peel' of immigration
In NYC, an unusual task force fights home-as-hotel rentals
LA light rail train hits car, partially derails; 21 hurt
'No hate in our state'
SAE members to face punishment
NORMAN, Okla. - The racist chant that recently got an Oklahoma fraternity disbanded was apparently learned during a national leadership cruise four years ago, sponsored by the fraternity's national administration, …
Legislation embodies shrinking deficits
WASHINGTON - Republicans muscled a balanced-budget plan through the Senate early Friday, positioning Congress for months of battling President Barack Obama over the GOP's goals of slicing spending and dismantling h…
Recovery's silver lining
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy's tepid performance last quarter - a 2.2 percent annual growth rate - was typical of the economic rebound that began in the summe…
Dapper Draper prop display
WASHINGTON - Don Draper is making his exit with "Mad Men" this year, but his image as a 1960s advertising man will live on at the Smithsonian Institution.
Feds celebrate sage grouse deal with Oregon ranchers
The Obama administration and Gov. Kate Brown joined with Oregon ranchers to celebrate agreements they all hope will help keep the sage grouse off the endangered species list.
Mannequins by designer Ralph Pucci fill NYC exhibition
NEW YORK (AP) - A room full of mannequins is the subject of a new museum exhibition in New York City.
Unprecedented sage grouse protection deal signed
RENO, Nev. - An unprecedented attempt to protect sage grouse habitat across parts of more than 900 square miles of privately owned land in Nevada will begin under a deal Thursday involving the federal government, a…
Old photos show mid-20th century NYC
NEW YORK - A new book of photos by legendary photographer Weegee shows what industrialized, pre-gentrified New York looked like in the mid-20th century, before…
Lawyer: Kidnapping no hoax
VALLEJO, Calif. - The strange case of a California woman who disappeared for two days grew stranger still Thursday, with her uncle and a lawyer for her boyfriend insisting she was kidnapped while police said it was…
Tornadoes pound Midwest
TULSA, Okla. - The slow start to the nation's tornado season came to a violent end Wednesday, when tornadoes raked Tulsa during its evening rush hour, killing …
Facebook's Messenger app to mix business with more pleasure
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Facebook's Messenger app is evolving into a multitasking tool equipped to send an animated fist bump to a friend at one moment and then get a little business done in the next.