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SEATTLE (AP) -- Seattle-based Amazon is unveiling its first branded cargo plane, one of 40 jetliners that will make up the e-commerce giant's own air transportation network as it takes more control of its delivery process....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Years of steady job gains have finally begun to benefit a wider range of Americans, including those with less education and in lower-paying jobs....
CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) -- Police charged a father with manslaughter Friday in the deaths of his 15-month-old twin girls, alleging that he had been drinking before leaving them in their car seats in 90-degree temperatures....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Video released Friday shows Chicago police firing repeatedly at a stolen car as it careens down the street away from them, then handcuffing the mortally wounded black 18-year-old who was at the wheel after a chaotic foot chase through a residential neighborhood....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton asserted Friday that FBI Director James Comey said she was truthful in her statements to investigators about her private server and use of private emails - and that those statements were consistent with what she has said publicly. But Comey made no such blanket assessment....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton acknowledged Friday the challenge she'd face leading a country where most Americans don't trust her, saying she takes "seriously" the work she must do to build confidence in her character....
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Donald Trump faced an all-too-clear sign of GOP divisions Friday in Midwestern battlegrounds, embraced by party leaders in one state but ignored in another. He unleashed a scathing attack on Hillary Clinton's character as he tried to overcome deepening concerns about his presidential candidacy....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- With fireworks forming the word "Rio" in the sky, performers decked in silver and sweet, sultry music, Rio de Janiero is welcoming the world to the first Olympic Games in South America with a message: Let's take better care of our planet....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The Latest on the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games opening ceremony (all times local):...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis sent a tweet on Friday saying: “Good luck to the athletes at Rio 2016: May you always be messengers of goodwill and true sporting spirit,” just hours before the official opening of the summer Olympics in the Brazilian city. Over ten thousand athletes are taking part in the Rio Olympics over the next 17 days, coming from more than 200 countries across the world.So, what are the feelings among the people of the host nation as it prepared to host this global sporting bonanza? Vatican Radio spoke to Brazil’s ambassador to Italy, Ricardo Neiva Tavares to find out.Listen to this interview with Brazil’s ambassador to Italy Ricardo Neives Tavares: Ambassador Tavares described the staging of the Olympics as an event of great importance for his nation that comes after years of preparations. He noted that the city had been able to reduce its predicted budget for the cost of building the infrastructure and pre...
