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U.S. in rare bull’s-eye for total solar eclipse on Aug. 21

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – It will be tough eclipsing this eclipse. The sun, moon and Earth will line up perfectly in the cosmos on Aug. 21, turning day into night for a few wondrous ...

Princess Diana film will air despite pleas from family

LONDON – A British broadcaster will air a salacious TV documentary about the late Princess Diana on Sunday despite pleas from her family, friends and former courtiers to scuttle a program th...

U.S. officially tells United Nations it wants out of Paris climate deal

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration on Friday officially told the United Nations that the U.S. intends to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate pact. But the State Department’s ann...

Task force doesn’t back Sessions’ anti-pot views

WASHINGTON – The betting was that law-and-order Attorney General Jeff Sessions would come out against the legalized marijuana industry with guns blazing. But the task force Sessions assemble...

Military scrambles for transgender policy after Trump tweets

Trump tweets put Pentagon in legal, moral quagmire

Solid hiring in July cuts unemployment rate to 4.3%

WASHINGTON – U.S. employers added 209,000 jobs in July, a second straight month of robust gains that underscore the economy’s vitality as it enters a ninth year of expansion. The ...

Poll: Trump’s leadership ratings sink to a new low

Almost exactly six years to the day after Donald Trump tweeted that “I believe America can be great only with proper leadership,” Quinnipiac University released a new poll Wednesday showing ...

Senators move to protect special counsel in Russia probe

WASHINGTON – Senators introduced two bipartisan bills Thursday aimed at protecting Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Donald Trump as both parties signaled resistan...

Inside a nerve-rattling trip to pay pot taxes

LOS ANGELES – Jerred Kiloh’s eyes narrowed as he checked his mirror again. The black Chevy SUV with tinted windows was still behind him. It had been hanging off Kiloh’s bumper eve...

Trump promotes technology to improve veterans’ health care

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced new efforts Thursday to use technology to improve veterans’ health care, saying the programs will greatly expand access, especially for mental h...

EPA chief reverses decision to delay rules on emissions

WASHINGTON – One day after getting sued by 15 states, Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Wednesday reversed his earlier decision to delay implementation of Obama-era rules...

Temperate Northwest gets blasted with furnace-like heat

PORTLAND, Ore. – Forecasts for triple-digit heat have caused a minor panic across the Pacific Northwest, a region famous for cool weather where many people do not have air conditioning to he...