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Hurricanes cause rare monthly job loss

WASHINGTON – The U.S. shed 33,000 jobs in September because of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, which closed thousands of businesses in Texas and Florida and forced widespread evacuations. It mar...

Birth control: Trump expands opt-out for workplace insurance

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is allowing more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women by claiming religious or moral objections, issuing new rules Friday that...

Trump promises massive tax cut but the poor would get little

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump promised Americans “the largest tax cut in our country’s history.” But for low-income households, Trump’s plan would amount to crumbs. The poor...

Tropical Storm Nate blamed for 22 deaths; threatens US coast

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Newly formed Tropical Storm Nate was blamed Thursday for at least 22 deaths in Central America as it dumped rain across the region on a path that would carry it toward a...

Trump leans toward decertification of Iran deal

President Donald Trump is expected to announce next week that he will “decertify” the international nuclear deal with Iran, saying it is not in the national interest of the United States and...

Microsoft to help expand rural broadband in 6 states

FARGO, N.D. – Microsoft announced Thursday it is teaming up with communities in six states to to invest in technology and related jobs in rural and smaller metropolitan areas. Com...

President Trump talks of ‘calm before the storm’

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump delivered a foreboding message Thursday night, telling reporters as he posed for photos with his senior military leaders that this might be “the calm befo...

‘It was almost automatic’: Off-duty cops saved Vegas victims

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Fred Rowbotham’s plan was to leave job stress behind with a trip to Las Vegas to celebrate his 45th birthday at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Bu...

A senior Democrat says Pelosi should step down

WASHINGTON – A senior House Democrat said Thursday that it’s time for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and two top lieutenants to prepare to step down and make way for the next ...

White House, NRA, Congress agree on regulating bump stocks

WASHINGTON – The National Rifle Association announced its support Thursday for regulating “bump stocks,” devices that can effectively convert semi-automatic rifles into fully automated weapo...

Las Vegas gunman may have scoped out other music festivals

LAS VEGAS – Investigators are looking into whether gunman Stephen Paddock scoped out bigger music festivals in Las Vegas and Chicago – and perhaps Boston’s Fenway Park – before setting up hi...

Speaker Ryan: Congress must look at gun device used in Vegas

WASHINGTON – House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that Congress needs to take a look at “bump stocks” that can effectively convert semi-automatic rifles into fully automated weapons. The Wi...