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Pensacola naval base shooting tests US relations with Saudi

WASHINGTON - Just months after senior U.S. officials delivered substantial military aid to Saudi Arabia to counter threats from Iran, America's relationship with the kingdom is being tested by a Saudi...

Dec 07, 2019

Saudi Aramco plans $25.6B share sale in biggest ever IPO

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Aramco on Thursday set a share price for its IPO - expected to be the biggest ever - that puts the value of the company at $1.7 tri...

Dec 07, 2019

SpaceX launches beer malt, caring robot and 'mighty mice'

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX launched a 3-ton shipment to the International Space Station on Thursday, including "mighty mice" for a muscle study, a robot sensitive to astronauts' emotions and a mini...

Dec 07, 2019

House Speaker Pelosi rebukes reporter: 'Don't mess with me'

WASHINGTON - Finger pointing and voice hoarse, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday delivered a broadside to a reporter that might well apply to all of impeachment-era Washington: "Don't mess with m...

Dec 07, 2019

Tufts University severs ties with family behind OxyContin

BOSTON - Tufts University is cutting ties with the billionaire family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, saying it will strip the Sackler name from its campus and accept no further donations ami...

Dec 07, 2019

US considers sending several thousand more troops to Mideast

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is considering sending several thousand additional troops to the Middle East to help deter Iranian aggression, amid reports of escalating violence in Iran and continued meddl...

Dec 07, 2019

November sweeps victory makes NBC the king of network TV

NEW YORK - NBC's victory during the November ratings sweeps period means there's a new king of broadcast television - at least for now. The network ended CBS' 18-year winning streak in November, a per...

Dec 07, 2019

New Orleans is home to mystical academy in new Marvel comic

NEW ORLEANS - The city known for 19th century Voodoo queen Marie Laveau and for the tarot card readers who tell fortunes in its historic French Quarter is about to play host to a different kind of sor...

Dec 07, 2019

US trade gap narrows as imports fall amid China conflict

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in October as imports fell faster than exports. The politically sensitive trade gap with China dropped. The Commerce Department said Thursday that the gap ...

Dec 07, 2019

Democrats say Trump impeachment charges must come swiftly

WASHINGTON - House Democrats moved aggressively to draw up formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Thursday, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying he "leaves us no choice" but to a...

Dec 07, 2019