SANAMXAY, Laos (AP) — Authorities and the builder are investigating why a dam in southeastern Laos collapsed earlier this week, killing at least 24 people and leaving 131 missing. Floodwaters that rose to rooftops were slowly...
Read MoreSteelworkers in Granite City, Illinois, threw a street party — complete with hot dogs, cold beer and a singer in red, white and blue — when U.S. Steel announced earlier this year it was bringing hundreds of laid-off employees...
Read MoreNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Marsha Blackburn is supposed to do well among Tennessee’s hog farmers and whiskey makers. Yet the Republican Senate candidate is struggling to explain President Donald Trump’s nascent trade...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Tensions between the U.S. and the European Union over a possible automotive trade war have eased with officials agreeing to hold off on new tariffs and instead engage in talks to break down trade barriers....
Read MoreBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — HBO’s programming chief pushed back Wednesday against the possibility that the cable channel will suffer under new owner AT&T. Casey Bloys, speaking to a meeting of TV critics, said there...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Russian hackers who penetrated hundreds of U.S. utilities, manufacturing plants and other facilities last year gained access by using the most conventional of phishing tools, tricking staffers into entering...
Read MoreADJUNTAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — Ten months after Hurricane Maria, Adjuntas still loses power any time a heavy rain or wind pounds the rickety power lines feeding this town high in the central mountains of Puerto Rico. That leaves...
Read MoreSYDNEY (AP) — Australian media companies Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media have announced plans to merge, with the new media giant to be known only as Nine. Nine shareholders will own 51.1 per cent of the combined entity and...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is making another play for former Babies R Us shoppers looking for cribs, diaper-changing tables and other baby goods. The company is revamping the baby section of its website, letting shoppers browse by...
Read MoreSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix said Thursday its quarterly net profit surged 75 percent to a record high, as soaring global demand and tight supplies hiked memory chip prices. SK Hynix said its...
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