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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saudi Arabia on Friday published new laws that loosen restrictions on women by allowing all citizens - women and men alike - to apply for a passport and travel freel...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers slowed their hiring in July, adding a still-healthy 164,000 jobs to an economy that appears poised to extend its decade-plus expansion.The unemployment rate remained a...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee upended the rules Thursday for immigration legislation that would extend family detentions as chairman Lindsey Graham muscled the measur...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Leaders of House and Senate committees want Capital One and Amazon to explain to Congress how a hacker accessed personal information from more than 100 million Capital One credit car...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal Thursday of a state ruling against the company. Remingto...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump announced Thursday the U.S. will apply a new tariff of 10% on about $300 billion worth of products from China beginning Sept. 1, escalating the two countries' ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A hard-won budget and debt deal easily cleared the Senate on Thursday, powered by President Donald Trump's endorsement and a bipartisan drive to cement recent spending increases for ...

BANGKOK (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday the Trump administration remains ready to resume talks with North Korea now, although he regretted that a meeting between the two sides...

CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago's efforts to wrangle an alligator who was found living in a park lagoon this summer cost more than $33,600. Most of the costs arose from city workers putting up and ...

DETROIT (AP) - From the beginning, Joe Biden knew he would take heat at Wednesday's presidential debate . He was right - but he was not alone. The evening marked some of the toughest attacks Californi...