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File - A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Mount Prospect, Ill., Dec. 4, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
US applications for jobless benefits fall to lowest level since September 2022
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level in more than a year, underscoring the resilience of the labor market amid elevated interest rates. … more
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Missouri abortion-rights campaign backs proposal to enshrine access but allow late-term restrictions
Missouri activists are throwing support behind a constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights while also allowing the procedure to be restricted in later stages of pregnancy. The group … more
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Attorney General Merrick Garland, right, and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, left,tour of murals of shooting victims, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in Uvalde, Texas. The Justice Department is planning this week to release findings of an investigation into the 2022 school shooting. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
US Justice Department to release report on halting police response to Uvalde school massacre
A federal report into the halting and haphazard law enforcement response to a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is about to be released. The Department of Justice review will likely revive scrutiny … more
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The South Dakota Capitol stands in Pierre, S.D., on Jan. 10, 2024. The South Dakota House passed a bill on Wednesday, Jan. 17, that would make xylazine, a large-animal sedative that is being mixed with deadly fentanyl and then used by people, a controlled substance. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)
South Dakota House passes bill that would make the animal sedative xylazine a controlled substance
The South Dakota House has passed a bill that would make xylazine a controlled substance. Xylazine is a large-animal sedative that is being mixed with fentanyl and then used by some people. The … more
In this photo provided by New Haven CT Emergency Management Director Rick Fontana, New Haven Fire Department vehicles line a street adjacent to a Yale University-owned building where nine construction workers and five Yale employees who were renovating it were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in New Haven, CT. One of the workers was found lying unconscious outside of the building, which is a couple of blocks from Yale's New Haven, campus, and was taken to a hospital's hyperbaric chamber in Brooklyn, NY, where he was in critical condition. (Rick Fontana/New Haven Emergency Management via AP)
Take these steps to protect yourself from winter weather dangers
The arctic blast of winter weather that is gripping much of the U.S. this week is also bringing with it various hazards that people have to contend with to keep warm and safe. These dangers can … more
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FILE — Michelle Troconis listens to arguments at the start of her trial, Jan. 11, 2024, in Stamford, Conn. A nanny, Lauren Almeida, who cares for five children whose mother went missing in Connecticut in 2019, recalled in court on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in the trial of Troconis, the frantic day Jennifer Dulos vanished, kicking off a search that eventually turned into a murder investigation. (Richard Harbus/Dailly Mail via AP, Pool, File)
'My stomach just sank': Nanny describes frantic day Connecticut mother of five disappeared
A nanny has testified about the frantic time in 2019 when a Connecticut mother of five went missing and her efforts to find her. The testimony on Wednesday came during the murder conspiracy trial of … more
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An image of a dairy cow is seen on the back of a Kemps tractor trailer as it moves along the snowy eastbound lane of U.S. Highway 20 during a blizzard near Holstein, Iowa, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
AP Photos: This is what it looks like as winter blasts the US into a deep freeze
Winter turned its icy glare on the U.S. this week, blanketing cities and states from east to west with snow and sending temperatures into an Arctic spiral. In Buffalo, New York, residents trekked … more
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A Texas Department of Public Safety officer guards an entrance to Shelby Park, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. The Justice Department on Friday, Jan. 12, asked the Supreme Court to order Texas to stop blocking Border Patrol agents from a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border where large numbers of migrants have crossed in recent months, setting up another showdown between Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over immigration enforcement. (Sam Owens /The San Antonio Express-News via AP)
What to know about Texas' clash with the Biden administration over Border Patrol access
Texas’ refusal to allow Border Patrol agents into a park along the U.S.-Mexico border is a new marker in the state’s deepening rift with the Biden administration over immigration. For nearly a … more
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FILE - Heather Mack from Chicago, Ill., stands inside a cell before a trial in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Mack, who pleaded guilty to helping kill her own mother and stuffing the body in a suitcase during a luxury vacation in Bali was sentenced by a federal judge, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, to 26 years in prison. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati, File)
US woman gets 26 years in prison for helping kill her mother in Bali and stuffing body in a suitcase
A federal judge has sentenced an American woman to 26 years in prison for helping to kill her mother at a luxury resort in Bali then stuffing her body into a suitcase. U.S. District Judge Matthew … more
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FILE - Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, left, and Baltimore Deputy Police Commissioner Richard Worley walk to a news conference in the Shipley Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, May 11, 2023. The Baltimore Police Department has reached compliance with two sections of its court-ordered reform agreement — including a piece that governs transportation of people in custody, which landed the agency under federal oversight in the first place following the 2015 death of Freddie Gray. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP, file)
Baltimore police make progress in court-ordered reform effort
Federal prosecutors say the Baltimore Police Department has completed its first official step toward fulfilling a series of court-ordered reforms. The consent decree was imposed in 2017 after federal … more
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Workers begin demolition Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2023, at the Tree of Life building in Pittsburgh, the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, as part of the effort to reimagine the building to honor the 11 people who were killed there in 2018. The demolition work began slowly, with crews picking away at the building's exterior. Most the building will be removed, although portions of the sanctuary walls will be preserved. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Tree of Life synagogue demolition begins ahead of rebuilding site of deadly antisemitic attack
Demolition is underway at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, which was the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. The work that began Wednesday is part of the effort to … more
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This cover image released by Polydor/Universal shows the live edition of "Hackney Diamonds" by the Rolling Stones. (Polydor/Universal via AP)
Music Review: Rolling Stones' 'Hackney Diamonds' live album will give you serious party FOMO
The Rolling Stones' ‘Hackney Diamonds’ live album is a feat. “How ya doing?” Mick Jagger asks the crowd, arriving for a club gig in Manhattan. Yes, you read that right: A club gig. With the … more
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FILE - Shoppers visit the Christmas Village in Philadelphia, Dec. 13, 2023. On Wednesday, the Commerce Department releases U.S. retail sales data for December. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Retail sales up 0.6% as strong job marked helped to fuel a strong holiday sales season
Americans stepped up their spending in December more than expected, closing out the holiday season and the year on an upbeat tone. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that retail sales rose 0.6% … more
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FILE - Consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Mass., March 5, 2012. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to propose rules this week that further rein in banks’ ability to charge customers a fee when they overdraw their bank account. Opponents of the fees often cite the example of a $3 cup of coffee costing someone $40. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Overdraft fees could drop to as low as $3 under new Biden proposal
The cost to overdraw a bank account could drop to as little as $3 under a proposal announced by the White House, the latest move by the Biden administration to combat fees it says pose an unnecessary … more
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Kristina Amyot sits on the porch of a sober-living home, where she resided for about two years, at the Hope on Haven Hill, a residential, outpatient and recovery support service provider for pregnant, post-partum and parenting women, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Rochester, N.H. Amyot, 36, spent more than half her life struggling with addiction, mainly to heroin. Drug overdose deaths in New Hampshire have increased in recent years, and some residents want to hear more from the presidential candidates about how they'd help. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Some New Hampshire residents want better answers from the 2024 candidates on the opioid crisis
Drug overdose deaths in New Hampshire have increased in recent years, and some residents want to hear more from the presidential candidates about how they'd help. Much of the talk from the Republican … more
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Justin Brooks works on clearing trees that fell around his home on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Lake Oswego, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
The Pacific Northwest braces for a new round of ice and freezing rain after deadly weekend storm
The Pacific Northwest is bracing for more hazardous winter weather after a weekend storm that resulted in at least seven deaths. Tens of thousands of people remained without power on Tuesday as a … more
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FILE - Protesters walk by a mural of Manny Ellis after the verdict is read during the trial of three Tacoma police officers in the death of Ellis, Dec. 21, 2023, at Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma, Wash. Three Washington state police officers who were cleared of all criminal charges last month in the 2020 death of Ellis will each receive $500,000 to leave the Tacoma Police Department, according to documents released, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Maddy Grassy)
The 3 officers cleared in Manuel Ellis' death will each receive $500,000 to leave Tacoma police
Three Washington state police officers who were cleared of all criminal charges last month in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis will each receive $500,000 to leave the Tacoma Police Department. Ellis … more
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FILE - A worker pauses while removing snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Jan. 14, 2024. While the U.S. is shivering through bone-chilling cold, most of the rest of world is feeling unusually warm weather. Scientists Tuesday, Jan. 16, say that fits with what climate change is doing to Earth. (AP Photo/ Jeffrey T. Barnes, File)
US in deep freeze while much of the world is extra toasty? Yet again, it's climate change
While the U.S. is shivering through bone-chilling cold, most of the rest of world is feeling unusually warm weather. Scientists Tuesday say that fits with what climate change is doing to Earth. … more
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Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis greets supporters during a caucus night party, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Iowa Republicans sent a vivid signal this week that their party belongs to Donald Trump
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ team had knocked on 947,000 doors across Iowa while the candidate had visited all 99 counties. It turns out Iowans just weren’t into him. On Monday, Iowa Republican … more
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FILE - A couple visits murals created to honor the victims of the shootings at Robb Elementary School, Aug. 25, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Department of Justice officials will release their findings of an investigation into the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting this week, 18 months after the massacre that left 21 people dead. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Justice Department report into Uvalde school shooting expected this week
The Justice Department is planning this week to release findings of an investigation into the 2022 Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. The department has been looking into the law enforcement response at … more
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