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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's pooches may now venture onto restaurant patios under a new state law allowing restaurants to open outdoor dining areas ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The operator of a closed radioactive waste dump that caught fire in southern Nevada had trouble over the years with leaky shipments a...

BONN, Germany (AP) — The trillion-dollar question of who should pay for global warming is coming to a head in talks on an international climate pact, ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Marijuana use among U.S. adults doubled over a decade, rising to almost 10 percent or more than 22 million mostly recreational users, g...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The math is harsh: The federal penalty for having no health insurance is set to jump to $695, and the Obama administration is being ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Daily fantasy sports sites have been dealt a setback with Nevada regulators ordering them out of the state unless they get a gambling...

CHICAGO (AP) — Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert intends to plead guilty in a federal hush-money case linked to allegations of sexual misconduct fro...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. airlines have ramped up an aggressive lobbying campaign that seeks nothing less than converting the government from industry re...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission is moving to further limit how much companies can charge for phone calls made from jails...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker John Boehner wants out. He really does. But the Ohio House Republican is staying put, for now — and that could improve the c...

CHICAGO (AP) — The mass shooting at an Oregon community college last week has thrust the debate over the nation's gun laws to the center of the presid...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday he has "zero doubt" that rank-and-file union members will support his Democratic presidenti...

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — When Volkswagen opened its gleaming pollution testing center near the California coast, a top executive from the German automake...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The only gun store in San Francisco is shuttering for good, saying it can no longer operate in the city's political climate of in...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Excited shoppers looking to score some of the first recreational marijuana sold legally in Oregon bought up baggies of bud early...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans advanced legislation Tuesday to dismantle President Barack Obama's health law that could actually reach the presid...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Traditional power companies are getting into small-scale solar energy and competing for space on your rooftop. The emerging c...

CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert's attorneys are talking with prosecutors about a possible plea deal in the Republican's hush-m...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators on Friday restored ambitious rules to cut transportation fuel emissions 10 percent within 5 years, a d...

BERLIN (AP) — The latest developments on the Volkswagen emissions scandal. All times local. ___ 6:40 p.m. Volkswagen AG has chosen the head of its Por...