Court says Iowa lottery rigging investigation took too long
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday overturned the conviction of a lottery employee implicated in a nationwide cheating scandal, saying his trial over a rigged $16.5 million jackpot was tainted by unjustified delays in the investigation....

5 GOP senators now oppose health bill _ enough to sink it
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nevada Republican Dean Heller became the fifth GOP senator to declare his opposition to the party's banner legislation to scuttle much of Barack Obama's health care overhaul on Friday, more than enough to sink the measure and deliver a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump unless some of them can be brought aboard....

Ivanka Trump ordered to testify in dispute with shoe company
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ivanka Trump must testify in a dispute with an Italian shoemaker over one of her company's shoe designs, a judge said Friday....

Kids today: They don't work summer jobs the way they used to
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It was at Oregon's Timberline Lodge, later known as a setting in the horror movie "The Shining," where Patrick Doyle earned his first real paycheck....

US indexes inch higher as energy stocks claw from the hole
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stock indexes nudged higher Friday after energy companies clawed back some of their sharp losses from earlier in the week....

Google to stop reading your Gmail to help sell ads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google is going to stop reading your Gmail in search of opportunities to sell ads....

Honda denies covering up dangers of Takata air bags
DETROIT (AP) -- Honda is going public in an effort to debunk claims by lawyers that it knew about the hazards of exploding Takata air bag inflators nearly two decades ago but covered them up....

New homes sales rebounded 2.9 percent in May
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sales of new homes rebounded in May, helped by strong sales gains in the South and West....

Mountain Valley review finds limited environmental impacts
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A 303-mile pipeline that would carry fracked natural gas across West Virginia and Virginia would have "significant" impacts on forests but other adverse effects would be limited, federal regulators said Friday....

After demands aired, solution to Qatar crisis seems far off
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Faced with a sweeping set of demands, Qatar insisted Friday it can indefinitely survive the economic and diplomatic steps its neighbors have taken to try to pressure it into compliance, even as a top Emirati official warned the tiny country to brace for a long-term economic squeeze....