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House passes GOP budget in key step for upcoming tax debate

WASHINGTON – The House on Thursday passed a $4.1 trillion budget plan that promises deep cuts to social programs while paving the way for Republicans to rewrite the tax code later this year....

Will your job be automated? 70 percent of Americans say no

WASHINGTON – Most Americans believe their jobs are safe from the spread of automation and robotics, at least during their lifetimes, and only a handful says automation has cost them a job or...

Some Republicans open to banning ‘bump stocks’ used in Vegas

WASHINGTON – Senior congressional Republicans said Wednesday they are open to considering legislation banning “bump stocks” like the shooter in Las Vegas apparently used to effectively conve...

Girlfriend of Las Vegas killer says he left her in the dark

LAS VEGAS – The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman said Wednesday that she had no inkling of the massacre he was plotting when he sent her on a trip abroad to see her family. Mari...

White House seeks $29B for disaster aid, flood insurance

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress for $29 billion in disaster aid to cover ongoing hurricane relief and recovery efforts and to pay federal flood insurance cl...

Federal government: No threatened species listing for walrus

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will not list the Pacific walrus as a threatened species based on diminished Arctic Ocean sea ice, concluding that the mar...

Solemn Trump in Vegas: ‘America truly a nation in mourning’

LAS VEGAS – Solemn in the face of tragedy, President Donald Trump visited hospital bedsides and a vital police base in stricken Las Vegas on Wednesday, offering prayers and condolences to th...

Once an obscure device, ‘bump stocks’ are in the spotlight

ATLANTA – The Las Vegas gunman possessed a little-known device called a “bump stock” that was not widely sold – until now. Originally created with the idea of making it easier for...

Amazon must pay $295 million in back taxes, EU says

BRUSSELS – Amazon has to pay $295 million in back taxes to Luxembourg, the European Union ordered Wednesday, in its latest attempt to tighten the screws on multinationals it says are avoidin...

143 arrested after protest blocks St. Louis highway traffic

ST. LOUIS – Police arrested 143 people after protesters blocked traffic on a busy highway near downtown St. Louis as part of the ongoing demonstrations against the acquittal of a white forme...

Nobel-winning technique like “Google Earth for molecules”

NEW YORK – Three researchers won a Nobel Prize on Wednesday for developing a microscope technique that lets scientists see exquisite details of the molecules that drive life – basically prov...

Only days after massacre, Vegas party resumes on the Strip

LAS VEGAS – The fountains at the Bellagio casino went off like clockwork, the water swaying and pulsating in time to Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA.” Two faux showgirls in pin...
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