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Retail sales barely rise at start of holiday shopping

WASHINGTON – Americans increased their retail spending just slightly in November, a possible sign of lackluster holiday shopping. Retail sales rose only 0.1 percent in November, a...

DATE: Dec 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Report finds risks from fracking

A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency suggests that hydraulic fracturing does have the potential to affect drinking water resources in the U.S. The report represents a shift ...

DATE: Dec 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. agency rejects request for names

Trump team sought information on Energy Department employees

DATE: Dec 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Offshore wind farm goes online

$300 million project will provide power to homes in Rhode Island

DATE: Dec 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. wants cars to be able to talk to each other

WASHINGTON – All new cars and light trucks would be able to talk wirelessly with each other, with traffic lights and with other roadway infrastructure under a rule the Transportation Departm...

DATE: Dec 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Suspect in Egypt chapel bombing had 2014 run-in with police

CAIRO – The young man suspected of blowing himself up inside a Cairo chapel during Sunday Mass, killing at least 25 people, had been arrested and beaten by police two years ago after alleged...

DATE: Dec 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

McConnell: Senate to probe Russian meddling ‘Any foreign breach of our cybersecurity measures is disturbing’

NEW YORK – The top Senate Republican said Monday that Congress will investigate a CIA assessment that Russia interfered in the November election on behalf of Donald Trump, an intelligence co...

DATE: Dec 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sold: Pristine Grand Teton view

$46 million deal protects a square mile of land

DATE: Dec 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. judge rejects Green Party’s Pennsylvania recount case

A federal judge on Monday issued a stinging rejection of a Green Party-backed request to recount paper ballots in Pennsylvania’s presidential election, won narrowly by Republican Donald Trum...

DATE: Dec 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World