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40 people rescued from flash flood in California

LOS ANGELES – A dayslong storm took a parting shot as it moved out of the drought-stricken state Thursday, dumping more heavy rain that triggered a flash flood and stranded more than three d...

Bird’s fate shaping energy development in the West

SARATOGA, Wyo. – Efforts to conserve a struggling species of grouse that ranges across the Western U.S. are having far-reaching effects on the region’s energy industry as the Obama administr...

New violence in Chechnya leaves at least 20 dead

MOSCOW – In a stunning return to siege-style violence in the Russian region of Chechnya, well-armed Islamist militants seized an empty school and office building Thursday before an hours-lon...

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NASA postpones test of Orion spacecraft CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Wind gusts and sluggish fuel valves conspired to keep NASA’s new Orion spacecraft on the launch pad Thursday, delay...

Ex-police chief charged in death of black man

ORANGEBURG, S.C. – A white former police chief here was indicted on murder charges in the 2011 shooting death of an unarmed black man after an argument, a case that instantly drew compariso...

Lethal-force cases hard to prosecute

Court ruling makes it difficult to second-guess police actions

States seeking to block Obama on immigration

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas is leading a 17-state coalition suing over President Barack Obama’s recently announced executive actions on immigration, arguing in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that the m...

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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...