YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — NASA says it successfully tested the Orion spacecraft’s parachutes by dropping a replica spacecraft from an Air Force transport aircraft over a desert test site in southwestern Arizona. The Friday...
Read MoreMore than 20,000 crib and toddler bed mattresses are being recalled this week because they fail to meet flammability standards. Other recalled consumer products include benches and utility tractors. Here’s a more detailed...
Read MoreThe latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks moved broadly higher in midday trading, erasing modest losses from the day before. Technology companies, banks, and health care stocks were...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Republican tax overhaul legislation (all times local): 11:44 a.m. Several Republican senators are optimistic about passage of the far-reaching GOP tax package next week. Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, one...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans finalized their sweeping tax package Friday, expanding its child tax credit to placate a reluctant GOP senator as they pushed to muscle the bill through Congress next week and give...
Read MoreU.S. stocks moved broadly higher in morning trading Friday, erasing modest losses from the day before. Technology companies, banks, and health care stocks were among the biggest gainers. Investors weighed the latest batch of...
Read MoreMOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Central Bank says it has started bailout proceedings for one of the country’s biggest private lenders, Promsvyazbank. The Central Bank says that, as Russia’s ninth-largest lender with 1.3...
Read MoreBEIJING (AP) — Britain’s finance minister told the Chinese premier there are “many opportunities” for closer commercial ties as he started a visit Friday aimed at developing trade as the United Kingdom prepares...
Read MoreHONG KONG (AP) — Asian share benchmarks were mostly lower Friday as uncertainty over U.S. tax reform legislation outweighed upbeat data from Japan. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index dipped 0.6 percent to...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — An internal federal watchdog says it will conduct a wide-ranging review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s preparedness and response to the major hurricanes that struck the United States this year....
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