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Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose last week by the most since the onset of the pandemic, underscoring the volatile nature of claims at this time of year.

Initial claims increased by 44,000 to 236,000 in the...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant at the center of political and legal battles as a symbol of President Donald Trump’s hard...Read more

Texas is about to deploy a potential solution to the oil industry’s toxic wastewater problem — but it’s a move that carries environmental risks of its own.

State regulators are working to issue permits that would ...Read more

The grocery delivery service Instacart is using artificial intelligence to experiment with prices and charge some shoppers more than others for the same items, a new study found.

The study from nonprofits Groundwork ...Read more

Video gaming platform Roblox is facing more lawsuits from parents who allege the San Mateo, California, company isn't doing enough to safeguard children from sexual predators.

A Los Angeles County mother, whose identity ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Justice Department leadership has directed the FBI to “compile a list of groups or entities engaged in acts that may constitute domestic terrorism” by the start of next year, and to establish a “cash ...Read more

If there were any doubts that hostile corporate takeovers, which went into a decline after their heyday in the 1980s, are back, the $78 billion hostile bid by Paramount for Warner Bros. Discovery should put them to rest.

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Time has named “the Architects of AI” as the magazine’s 2025 Person of the Year, recognizing the influence of the revolutionary technology on society, culture and the future of work.

This year, the honor given to ...Read more

CHICAGO — In late May, Chicago Police officer Krystal Rivera ended an off-and-on romantic relationship with her partner, fellow officer Carlos Baker, according to her family and attorneys.

Just days later, Baker shot ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday rejected plans from Republicans and Democrats to ease soaring health care costs, making it more likely many people face health insurance premiums that could double shortly.

COVID-era ...Read more

CHICAGO — A month before his retrial on bribery charges, Illinois state Sen. Emil Jones III has agreed to enter into a deferred prosecution deal with prosecutors that will leave him with no conviction as long as he ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The 24-year-old daughter of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said that troubling messages with “real-life consequences” have led her to temporarily unplug from social media out of concern for her family’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Political thrillers have been a staple of popular culture since the 1960s, when the Cold War threw conspiracy theory-loving writers into overdrive, and television and film are no exception.

This year, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Gunfire erupted at a recording studio in Newark on Wednesday night, leaving two people dead and another two injured, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said.

The deadly violence occurred at Platinum Sound...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Daniel Lopatin, the musican and film composer better known as Oneohtrix Point Never, has an origin story, one he seems slightly amused to remember in such detail.

It takes place in an outer Boston suburb ...Read more

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned Russia will come for the rest of Europe if its warmongering is not checked now, just moments before Ukraine’s allies were slated to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest ...Read more

BOSTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says the illegal immigrant with a history of reckless driving who caused a horrific hit-and-run crash Sunday, which sent a woman flying nearly 80-feet and has left her ...Read more