Archive By Section - Nation
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Skilled-trades workers at the Volkswagen's lone U.S. plant on Friday voted to be represented by the United Auto Workers, marking the union's first victory at a foreign-owned automaker in the South.
December 04, 2015
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CHICAGO (AP) - The number of U.S. police officers charged with murder or manslaughter for on-duty shootings has tripled this year - a sharp increase that at least one expert says could be the result of more video evidence.
December 04, 2015
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NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's new warning label for salt-laden chain restaurant food is headed for a court fight, after restaurateurs sued Thursday to argue that health regulators overstepped legal bounds to enact the first-of-its-kind requirement.
December 04, 2015
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - As a young lawyer running for elected office for the first time, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he was motivated to get into the 1993 state Senate race because of Republican lawmakers' attempts to repeal the state's ban on assault weapons.
December 04, 2015
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HONOLULU (AP) - Opponents of the Thirty Meter Telescope want construction equipment and vehicles removed from Mauna Kea now that the Hawaii Supreme Court has invalidated the project's permit.
December 04, 2015
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Salvage crews have finished pumping hazardous oil-based substances from a sunken barge that apparently had been sitting undiscovered on the bottom of Lake Erie for nearly 80 years, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday.
December 04, 2015
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NEW YORK (AP) - Volleyball played without the use of two legs - that's a game former President George W. Bush cheered on Thursday aboard a one-time aircraft carrier that had survived kamikaze and torpedo attacks.
December 04, 2015
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DOVER, Del. (AP) - A Delaware judge has scheduled a plea hearing for a former soldier accused of kidnapping, raping and killing a woman while he was on leave.
December 04, 2015
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A judge dismissed three jurors Thursday in the murder trial of a 20-year-old man accused of fatally beating two homeless men in Albuquerque, after the jurors inadvertently appeared in television footage and the suspect's attorney sought a mistrial.
December 04, 2015
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NEW YORK (AP) - The brother of a Washington Post reporter detained in Iran since July 2014 delivered a petition to Iran's United Nations mission on Thursday demanding the journalist's release.
December 04, 2015
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's financial regulator said Friday it is investigating possible insider trading by Samsung executives related to a contentious takeover deal.
December 04, 2015
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The partners in a major liquefied natural gas project that the state of Alaska is pursuing voted Thursday to approve a work program and budget for the coming year.
December 04, 2015
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - With a few flaps of his arms, Kip Fenton soared into the New York City skyline, veering around a sea of skyscrapers as the wind whistled in his ears.
December 04, 2015
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - American Eagle Outfitters Inc. on Wednesday posted a third-quarter profit that topped Wall Street expectations and named its interim CEO - and longtime chairman - to the post permanently.
December 02, 2015
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BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - It's green, it's gooey and it's giving Maine's famous lobsters a run for their money.
December 02, 2015
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