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LONDON – Britain’s Treasury chief has authorized the sale of its stake in taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland — the first step in recovering money from Britain’s costliest-ever bank rescue. The Treasury department said in a statement Monday that UK Financial Investments, which manages the government’s stakes in banks bailed …

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll on race relations and policing was conducted by NORC July 17-19. It is based on online and telephone interviews of 1,223 adults, including 311 black adults, who are members of NORC’s nationally representative AmeriSpeak panel. The original sample was drawn from …

SILVERTON, Colo. – A million-gallon mine waste spill that sent a plume of orange-ish muck down a river in southwest Colorado on Thursday was caused by a federal mine cleanup crew. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said that a cleanup team was working with heavy equipment Wednesday to secure an …