Four years ago, the Google team developing cars that can drive themselves became convinced that the company needed to spearhead efforts to legalize driverless cars before the technology was full…
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their duty to pursue justice, they’re finding erroneous cases
Maya Angelou honored at memorial service WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – First lady Michelle Obama lauded poet, orator and sage Maya Angelou as the first person who let her know she could…
did not order state to allow marriages
Arizona detention centers struggling with large influx
Military censors partisan media on both sides
BAGHDAD – A series of car bombs exploded across Iraq’s capital Saturday night, killing at least 52 people in a day of violence that saw militants storm a university in…
‘The Chocolate King’ lays out goals in inaugural address
The first rigorous look at donor doctors also finds they’ve become increasingly generous, with political contributions surging to almost $200 million in recent years. An increase in female doctors –…
Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson says the agtency will be reaching out to veterans who have been waiting to see doctors to set up appointments.Matt York/Associated Press “I…
Susan Eisenhower, center, the granddaughter of supreme allied commander Dwight D. Eisenhower, says the world would be much different today if the D-Day landings had failed. With her at D-Day…
WASHINGTON – U.S. employers added 217,000 jobs in May, a substantial gain for a fourth straight month, fueling hopes the economy will accelerate after a grim start to the year.…
Morley Piper, 90, a member of U.S. 29th Infantry Division that stormed ashore Omaha Beach 70 years ago, is one of the many World War II veterans who are attending…
Friday’s D-Day ceremonies in France afforded a chance for Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, to meet with world leaders for the first time since his Ukraine crisis erupted earlier this…
KABUL, Afghanistan – The front-runner for the Afghan presidency narrowly escaped assassination Friday when two bombs struck his convoy as it traveled between campaign events in the capital. The attack…
From left, World War II veterans of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division, Hal Baumgarten, 90, from Pennsylvania; Steve Melnikoff, 94, from Maryland; Don McCarthy, 90, from Rhode Island; and Morley…
The job creation rate in the United States continued to grow in May although economists say wages are growing at a rate that isn’t typical of a healthy economy. Luke…
Obamadu1-i-syn The new thresholds for action were spelled out at a joint news conference, following a Group of Seven world leader summit that was re-arranged to exclude Russian President Vladimir…
Burwelldu1-i-syn The 78-17 Senate vote was a bipartisan show of support for the veteran government manager who most recently served as President Barack Obama’s budget director. Burwell’s attention will immediately…
Group of 7 leaders Thursday said Russia can avoid further Western sanctions by taking steps to ease the crisis in Ukraine. The Western leaders met in Brussels, Belgium, without Russian…
BANGKOK – Thailand’s new military government moved against two of its top targets on Thursday, capturing a top organizer of protests against its recent takeover and launching a probe into…
Gibsondu1-i-syn Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson said he does not know whether the 18 new deaths were related to long waiting times for appointments but said they were in addition…
The European Union is denouncing an Israeli decision to move ahead with construction of 1,5000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.Dan Baility/Associated Press The…
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the president pro tem of the Senate, heads to a closed-door hearing with intelligence officials about the Obama administration’s decision to trade five…
A photo shows the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing from a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico four years ago. A new report says blowout…
World leaders and dignitaries including President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II will gather to honor the more than 150,000 American, British, Canadian and other Allied D-Day veterans who risked…
