Safety

Search halted in Pa. building collapse; 6 dead

By KATHY MATHESON, KEITH COLLINS and MICHAEL RUBINKAMAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - After a slow but steady overnight search buoyed by the discovery of a woman in the rubble, rescue workers at the scene of a building collapse that killed six people took a temporary break Thursday in what had

New NRA-backed Kansas law seeks to limit lobbying

By JOHN HANNAAssociated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Fresh off a series of legislative victories across the country, the National Rifle Association has launched a new effort starting in gun-friendly Kansas seeking to clamp down on the use of government money to lobby on gun-control issues. While it

Israel leads global drone exports as demand grows

By TIA GOLDENBERGAssociated Press BEN-GURION AIRPORT, Israel (AP) - In an expansive hangar in central Israel, workers toil on one of the world's most contentious aircraft, fitting dozens of drones with advanced sensors, cameras and lasers before they are shipped to militaries worldwide to

Stocks in a late swoon over weak economic signs

NEW YORK (AP) - A series of weak reports on the U.S. economy is sending the stock market sharply lower. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 203 points to 14,973 in afternoon trading Wednesday, a loss of 1.4 percent. It's the first time the Dow has traded below 15,000 in a month. The slump