Strong support for guns in town shocked by college shooting
By JEFF BARNARD Hunting deer, elk and bear in the surrounding hills and fishing for salmon and steelhead have strong followings in southern Oregon’s timber country, made famous by Western…
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VW: ‘Nothing has changed’ at Tennessee plant despite scandal
By ERIK SCHELZIG Inside Volkswagen’s only U.S. assembly plant in Chattanooga there’s little hint of the diesel emissions cheating scandal embroiling the German automaker around the world. Sparks fly off…
Google’s driverless car drivers ride a career less traveled
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Fresh out of college, Brian Torcellini dreamed about getting a job writing about surfing. Instead, he wound up in a dusty, dimly lit garage near Google’s Silicon…
South Dakota tribe to open nation’s 1st marijuana resort
By REGINA GARCIA CANO The Santee Sioux tribe has already proven its business acumen, running a successful casino, a 120-room hotel and a 240-head buffalo ranch on the plains of…
House chair: Planned Parenthood doesn’t need federal money
By ALAN FRAM In Planned Parenthood’s first congressional appearance since being embarrassed by surreptitiously recorded videos, a House committee chairman insisted Tuesday that the organization does not need federal money…
McCarthy announces candidacy for House speaker
By LAURIE KELLMAN House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is officially declaring his candidacy for House speaker to replace John Boehner. Boehner announced his resignation on Friday under pressure from conservatives.…
Shell to cease Alaska offshore Arctic drilling
By DAN JOLING Royal Dutch Shell will stop drilling for oil and gas in Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast following disappointing results from an exploratory well backed by billions in…
Trump unveils tax plan that would lower taxes for millions
By JILL COLVIN Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is calling for an overhaul of the tax code that would eliminate income taxes for millions of Americans, and lower them for…