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The FCC's proposal would allow phone companies to block "unwanted calls" by default. Customers would be able to opt out.

FCC Wants Phone Companies To Start Blocking Robocalls By Default

"The American people are fed up with illegal robocalls," FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said. "And we believe that we need to make it easier for phone companies to block these robocalls."

Local rain — and California’s record showers — mean healthy water supplies, delayed fire season

The wet season has returned to Western Washington, with showers and all out rain alternating through early next week, a continuation of the pattern we’ve…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a press conference with former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, left, and Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., to introduce legislation on expanding background checks for gun sales at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday.

House Democrats Pledge Passage Of Expanded Gun Background Checks Bill

Democrats unveiled new legislation to enhance background checks on the eighth anniversary of the Tucson shooting that injured former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz. But the gun lobby vows to oppose it.

Special forces protect people at the scene of an explosion at a hotel complex in Nairobi on on Tuesday. The attack has been claimed by Al-Shabab, a Somalia-based terrorist group.

American Among Those Killed As Explosions, Gunfire Rock Nairobi Hotel

The attacks took place at an upscale complex in Kenya's capital. An explosion tore through a bank, then a suicide bomb detonated in a hotel lobby before attackers entered the building, shooting.

In Chicago, the Kennedy Expressway is clogged with cars as rush-hour commuters and Thanksgiving holiday travelers mix on Wednesday — one of the busiest travel days of the year.

Unwanted Sides Of Rain, Cold And Snow Could Complicate Thanksgiving Travel

AAA predicts some 54 million Americans will travel during the days around Thanksgiving. Unseasonable weather could cause headaches.

Fans used to cool bitcoin data miners are hooked up in a bitcoin data center in Virginia Beach, Va., in February.

Bitcoin Is Bouncing Around Again. Here Are Some Possible Causes

Bitcoin is known to be volatile. But recently it has suffered a rash of notable losses. Analysts are looking to the amount of computing power used and the split of a rival cryptocurrency for answers.

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