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A Humvee passes the guard tower at the entrance of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay in October 2016.

Trump Inherits Guantanamo's Remaining Detainees

Despite President Obama's executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, dozens of detainees from the war on terrorism are still there.

Most of Boeing's job cuts this year will come from the commercial jetliner workforce at Boeing facilities in western Washington, including at the company's wide body assembly factory in Everett.

Boeing To Start Trump Era With New Wave Of Downsizing

Aviation giant Boeing, a corporate sponsor of the inauguration and one of the country's largest exporters, is planning new buyouts and layoffs on top of nearly 11,000 job cuts last year.

The Rigopiano Hotel, shown early on Thursday, was hit by an avalanche in Farindola, Italy, after earthquakes shook the region on Wednesday.

Avalanche Buries Italian Ski Resort; Rescue Operations Underway

About 30 people were missing in the Abruzzo region of Italy after an avalanche, apparently triggered by earthquakes Wednesday, covered a multistory mountain hotel in snow.

Sen. Jim Hendren (R-Gravette) explains SB115 before the Arkansas Senate Committee on Revenue and Taxation.

Arkansas Senate Committee Advances Low-Income Tax Cut Plan

A $50 million income tax cut plan for low-earning Arkansans, initially proposed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson, advanced out of a state Senate panel on...

The Pentagon says many of the ISIS fighters targeted in Wednesday's strike escaped from the former ISIS stronghold of Sirte, shown here during fighting in September.

U.S. Stealth Bombers Strike ISIS Training Camps In Libya

The Pentagon said the two ISIS training camps housed fighters who had escaped their former stronghold in Sirte, on Libya's central coast. It added that militants there were planning attacks in Europe.

Missouri lawmakers urged to relax Real ID prohibition

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Airport, trucking and business officials all are urging Missouri lawmakers to change state driver's license laws to comply with…

Siphiwe Baleka (left) says he gained 15 pounds when he first started driving a truck; food was comfort and exercise was tough to come by. Trucking, he says, is "the most unhealthy occupation in America."<a href="http://www.siphiwebaleka.com/"></a>

Athlete-Turned-Trucker Works To Improve Truckers' Health

Once an elite swimmer and a Yale grad, Siphiwe Baleka now coaches 3,000 fellow truckers on the best ways to work out, eat right and stay connected on the road. Drivers say his wellness plan works.

East Arkansas gets work training site for those with developmental disabilities

A partnership is formed to bring job opportunities to young adults with disabilities in northeast Arkansas. St. Bernards Medical Center is working with…

Walter Shaub Jr., who heads the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, has been under attack for his tweets and statements about President-elect Donald Trump's conflicts of interest.

In U.S. Ethics Chief, An Unlikely Gadfly To Trump

Next week, leaders of the House Oversight Committee are expected to meet with the director of the Office of Government Ethics, who has been under fire for admonishing Trump to divest his businesses.

Mexican environmentalist and indigenous leader Isidro Baldenegro Lopez was awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005. He was shot dead this week, less than a year after another winner of the award was slain in Honduras.

Renowned Mexican Environmentalist Isidro Baldenegro Lopez Is Murdered

His death is the latest indication of the danger to environmental activists in many countries. Honduran indigenous leader and environmental activist Berta Cáceres was killed in 2016.

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