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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…
Finger-pointing, lawsuits likely to follow 'superbug' scare
LOS ANGELES - With an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" outbreak connected to its facility, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center stopped short of pointing a finger at the manufacturer of a medical instrument believed to…
Time to clear backlog
LOS ANGELES - Negotiators reached a tentative contract covering West Coast dockworkers on Friday evening, likely ending a protracted labor dispute that snarled international trade at seaports handling about $1 tril…
Oscar spotlight draws attention to industry diversity issue
NEW YORK - It was a year ago that Lupita Nyong'o, shortly before winning the Academy Award for best supporting actress in "12 Years a Slave," gave a speech about what she called "dark beauty."
A glimmer of hope?
WASHINGTON - The modest raises that Wal-Mart has said it will give its lowest-paid workers provide a glimmer of hope for lower-wage workers in other companies …
Obama designates historic monuments
CHICAGO - Designating the country's newest national monuments, President Barack Obama said Thursday that protecting places of natural beauty and historic signi…
Winter weather: A tale of two nations
WASHINGTON - It may be hard to believe for a country that's shivering from Maine to Miami, but 2015 has gotten off to a rather toasty start.
Crying fowl: Crates of chickens fly out of tractor-trailer
NESCOPECK, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania State Police are crying fowl after crates of live chickens hurtled off a tractor-trailer on a Pennsylvania highway and the birds flew the coop.
Unexpected pullback in spending
WASHINGTON - In recent months, the stage seemed set for American consumers to do what they've traditionally done best: Spend money - and drive the economy.
Legal scholars: Utah's push for U.S. land would hurt public
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah's push to wrest control of 31 million acres of federally controlled land would lead to less public access, less public involvement in land-use decisions and more drilling and strip mining…
Pawscars honor top animal actors, including prolific primate
LOS ANGELES - Honoring actors brings out red carpets, couture and - sometimes - creatures.
Hawaii targets waterfall trespassers
HAUULA, Hawaii - The managers of Hawaii's state parks are turning to social media to counter online photos and statements encouraging people to visit a waterfa…
Angry owl earns sign in Oregon
Derailed oil train still burning
Back to blue collar
WATERTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Only a few short years ago, Michigan leaders talked excitedly about diversifying the state's economy beyond the auto industry, envi…