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September 23, 2017

Facebook nixes plan for new stock class ahead of court fight

Mark Zuckerberg said Friday that Facebook is withdrawing plans to create a new class of stock that would have let him keep ...

September 23, 2017

First airline flights land in Puerto Rico since Maria hit

The first airline flights to hurricane-battered Puerto Rico arrived Friday, but difficult conditions at the island's main ...

September 23, 2017

Sanders slams GOP, touts universal health care in California

Sen. Bernie Sanders pilloried Republican efforts to overhaul the health care system and touted his own Medicare for all plan ...

September 22, 2017

Head of House panel seeks tax relief for hurricane victims

The head of the House's tax-writing committee is putting forward legislation to give temporary tax relief to victims of ...

September 22, 2017

Closure at busy US-Mexico border crossing promises headaches

The busiest border crossing in the United States will close this weekend to the more than 40,000 cars that pass through it ...

September 22, 2017

Trade panel: Cheap imports hurt US solar industry

Low-cost solar panels imported from China and other countries have caused serious injury to American manufacturers, a U.S.

September 22, 2017

Batman comic series to feature scenery from Portland, Maine

Holy hometown, Batman! A highly anticipated Batman comic book series will have some locations that might look familiar to ...

September 22, 2017

Does NKorean H-bomb threat push US closer to war?

Would exploding a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific, as North Korea has threatened, push the current war of words between the U.

September 22, 2017

NASA's asteroid chaser swings by Earth on way to space rock

NASA's asteroid-chasing spacecraft swung by Earth on Friday on its way to a space rock. Launched a year ago, Osiris-Rex ...

September 22, 2017

Decision on moving N Carolina Confederate monuments delayed

Seeking further input, a state panel in North Carolina on Friday delayed a decision on whether three Confederate monuments ...

September 22, 2017

Hurricane pushes long-suffering Puerto Rico to the edge

A tired and discouraged Rosa Maria Almonte cleaned steel pots with bleach inside her darkened cafe as her daughter cooked up ...

September 22, 2017

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even ...

September 22, 2017

The Latest: US: NKorea bomb test would draw tough response

The Latest on President Donald Trump and North Korea (all times local): 2:40 p.m. A senior U.S. diplomat says a North Korean ...

September 22, 2017

Not home? Walmart wants to walk in and stock your fridge

Would you be OK with letting a stranger into your house for the sake of convenience? Walmart is testing the idea with a new ...

September 22, 2017

Forest Service, Idaho work to boost logging on federal land

The U.S. Forest Service and Idaho have forged 10 agreements for logging and restoration projects on federal land in what ...

September 22, 2017

The Latest: Panel votes against cheaper solar panel imports

The Latest on a trade commission vote on solar imports (all times local): 11 a.m. A U.S. trade panel has found that low-cost ...

September 22, 2017

Public shaming likely but GOP wary of new laws after Equifax

Prospects are good for a public shaming in the Equifax data breach, but it's unlikely Congress will institute sweeping new ...

September 22, 2017

Showtime making series of Clinton-Patterson thriller

Showtime has won a bidding war to develop former President Bill Clinton and powerhouse author James Patterson's upcoming ...

September 22, 2017

LL Bean publishes outdoors ad only visible in the sunlight

If you want to see L.L. Bean's new ad, you're going to have to step outdoors. The company took its mission to get people ...