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National News

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Updated 12 hours, 51 minutes ago

US employers added just 12,000 jobs last month as hurricanes and strikes sharply reduce payrolls

Friday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the unemployment rate remained at 4.1% last month

Updated 2 days, 12 hours ago
This ancient tadpole fossil is the oldest ever discovered

Researchers know frogs were hopping around as far back as 217 million years ago. But exactly how and when they evolved to begin as tadpoles remains unclear.

Updated 6 days, 8 hours ago
American Airlines tests boarding technology that audibly shames line cutters

The technology alerts gate agents with an audible sound if a passenger tries to scan a ticket ahead of their assigned group.

Updated 1 week ago
Washington Post becomes the second major US newspaper to decline to endorse a presidential candidate

The Post's move comes the same week that the Los Angeles Times announced a similar decision

Updated 1 week ago
15-year-old boy charged in shooting deaths of parents, 3 siblings in Washington state

The boy was charged Thursday in juvenile court with five counts of aggravated murder. Under Washington state law, a hearing is required before the case can be …

Updated 1 week, 1 day ago
Prosecutors to recommend resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez in 1989 killings of their parents

Prosecutors will recommend Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced for the 1989 killings of their parents in the family’s Beverly Hills home, providing the broth…

Updated 1 week, 1 day ago
McDonald's and Boar's Head outbreaks may have you worried. Experts say the food supply is safe

On average, the two federal agencies that oversee the U.S. food supply — the FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture — announce more than 300 food recalls a…

Updated 1 week, 2 days ago
LeBron and Bronny James make history as the NBA's first father-son duo to play together

They are the first father and son to play in the world's top basketball league at the same time, let alone on the same team.

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago
Denny's says it expects to close 150 locations by the end of 2025

On Tuesday, Denny's reported its fifth straight quarter of year-over-year declines in same-store sales, which are sales at locations open at least a year.

Updated 1 week, 4 days ago
White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth control

If implemented, the new rule would also require insurers to fully bear the cost of the once-a-day Opill, a new over-the-counter birth control pill that the U.S…

Updated 2 weeks ago
Stock market today: Wall Street sets more records and closes a 6th straight winning week

Solid economic data has boosted hopes the U.S. economy can make a perfect escape from the worst inflation in generations, one that ends without a painful reces…

Updated 2 weeks ago
It wasn't a bear that attacked a camper found dead in his tent. Police say someone killed him

When Dustin Kjersem was found dead inside his tent at a remote Montana campsite, the victim had injuries so brutal that it was initially reported as a possible…

Updated 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Moonlight may hamper views of the Orionid meteor shower, debris of Halley's comet

Most meteor showers originate from the debris of comets. The source of the Orionids is Halley’s comet.

Updated 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Listeria recall grows to 12 million pounds of meat and poultry, some of it sent to US schools

A nationwide recall of meat and poultry products potentially contaminated with listeria has expanded to nearly 12 million pounds and now includes ready-to-eat …

Updated 2 weeks, 2 days ago
A brown dwarf discovered 30 years ago is actually twins circling each other

The twins orbit a small star about 18 light-years away. A light-year is 5.8 trillion miles.