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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it has granted the first permission for commercial drone flights over land, the lat...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Tuesday that a proposal that would result in shorter prison sentences for drug criminals should apply to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — United in response to a national uproar, Congress is suddenly moving quickly to address military veterans’ long waits for care at VA...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of the most ambitious attempts yet to thwart Alzheimer’s disease, a major study got underway Monday to see if an experimental...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. maintained its support Monday for continued Pakistani counterterror strikes, despite a new Pakistani Taliban threat to laun...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to alleviate the burden of student loan debt, President Barack Obama expanded a program Monday that lets borrowers pay no mor...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of delays, four former guards from the security firm Blackwater Worldwide are facing trial in the killings of 14 Iraqi c...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The unemployment rate has been on a slow downward trajectory since the recession ended nearly five years ago. While the overall jobl...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s family was “dead broke” and saddled with legal bills when she and her husband left the White House, the for...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 57,000 veterans have been waiting for up to three months for medical appointments, the Veterans Affairs Department said in...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The highest-ranking aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to testify before lawmakers about the traffic jam plot that has ensnar...

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio man being detained in North Korea was on vacation as part of a tour and “loves the adventure of experiencing different cultu...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Investigators are looking into whether the husband and wife who shot and killed two Las Vegas police officers over the weekend had be...

SEATTLE (AP) — College student Jon Meis, who has shied away from the spotlight since he ended a Seattle campus shooting by pepper-spraying the gunman ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Tony Awards with hopping host Hugh Jackman couldn’t leapfrog last year’s show in the ratings or the NBA Finals. According to preli...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge ruled Monday that Casey Kasem should be fed, hydrated and medicated while a court-appointed attorney evaluates the health o...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — The truck driver from Georgia accused of triggering the highway crash that injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge new paperwork headache for the government could also be jeopardizing coverage for some of the millions of people who just got...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is warming fastest at two of its corners, in the Northeast and the Southwest, an analysis of federal temperature r...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s goal of closing the Guantanamo Bay prison is facing re-energized opposition from Republicans and increased ...