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UN: Better protections needed from mine water disasters

BILLINGS, Mont. – A string of mining waste disasters – some deadly – over the past decade show better protections are needed for communities downstream of massive polluted material storage s...

U.S. regulators approve first digital pill to track patients

WASHINGTON – U.S. regulators have approved the first drug with a sensor that alerts doctors when the medication has been taken, offering a new way of monitoring patients but also raising pri...

Experts: Bush groping allegations would be hard to prosecute

HOUSTON – Allegations that former President George H.W. Bush inappropriately touched six women involve potential crimes punishable by fines or jail time, if they had been prosecuted. ...

Iran to probe state-built homes destroyed by deadly quake

SARPOL-E-ZAHAB, Iran – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani launched an investigation Tuesday into why government housing built by his hard-line predecessor collapsed while others withstood a po...

Washington GOP boosts pressure on Alabama party on Moore

WASHINGTON – Washington Republicans tightened pressure Tuesday on Alabama’s GOP to keep a defiant Roy Moore from being elected to the Senate next month, with many voicing hope that President...

Facebook investment in New Mexico data center tops $1B

ALBUQUERQUE – Facebook is going much bigger with an under-construction data center in New Mexico, announcing plans Tuesday to build another four buildings and boost its total investment to m...

Gunman targeted neighbors then continued rampage

RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. – A Northern California man killed two neighbors with whom he had been feuding before he went on a shooting rampage Tuesday at apparent random sites – including...

Retired U.S. general says nuclear launch order can be refused

WASHINGTON – A retired Air Force general told the Senate on Tuesday that an order from President Donald Trump or any of his successors to launch nuclear weapons can be refused by the top off...

Attorney General Sessions doesn’t recall talk with Carter Page

WASHINGTON – The Latest on testimony by Attorney General Jeff Sessions (all times local): 10:45 a.m. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says that he does not remember speak...

Senate GOP intent on scrapping health mandate in tax bill

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans are intent on scrapping the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that Americans get health insurance, targeting a repeal of the individual mandate to help financ...

Land policies to be tested in Bundy standoff trial in Vegas

LAS VEGAS – Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy was cast Tuesday as the leader of a conspiracy to enlist armed militia members to force the federal agents, “at the end of a gun,” to abandon efforts ...

Company plans to build hyperloop test track east of Denver

DENVER – Colorado transportation officials have partnered with a company to explore the possibility of building a futuristic system that would move passengers and freight at speeds of up to ...