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Company won’t expand air-bag recall DETROIT – Japan’s Takata Corp. refused to comply with a U.S. government demand for an expanded recall of its air bags that can explode and sho...

U.S. health-care bill may be heading up

Spending grew at slowest rate in decades

Obama initiative vows to help native youth

WASHINGTON – Pledging to fulfill a “sacred responsibility,” President Barack Obama unveiled an initiative Wednesday aimed at creating opportunities and improving dire conditions for American...

Obama tells CEOs he wants to work on wage growth

WASHINGTON – Citing 60-year high corporate profits, President Barack Obama told CEOs Wednesday he wants to engage them on “some tricky questions” about how to overcome stagnant wages in the ...

Lawyer: No indictment for officer in NYC chokehold death

NEW YORK – A grand jury cleared a white New York City police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man who had been stopped on suspicion of selling loose, u...

Ex-BP executive fighting Gulf oil spill charges

NEW ORLEANS – A former BP executive accused of obstructing a congressional investigation into the 2010 Gulf oil spill remains on track for a trial next year, despite defense efforts to hav...

Obama: Ebola fight not over yet

Progress on vaccine reported

Nation Briefs

House moves to stop benefits for ex-Nazis WASHINGTON – Suspected Nazi war criminals would be blocked from receiving Social Security benefits under a bill unanimously approved Tues...

Police probing violence after Ferguson decision

Stepdad to be interviewed about angry comments

NASA set to test new manned spacecraft

Orion planned to take astronauts to Mars

Boehner pushes plan to avoid shutdown

Proposal would let conservatives attack Obama for his actions on immigration

Air shipments of batteries draw concerns

Tests show they pose big fire risk