WASHINGTON — Slightly fewer people filed for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a sign the American job market remains healthy.
The Labor Department said Thursday tha...
Mobile homes returning to La.
BATON ROUGE, La. — Mobile homes will fill front yards across southern Louisiana again, just like after Hurricane Katrina, as federal au...
He killed 5 Dallas police
The Army reservist who killed five Dallas police officers last month showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after returning home from...
WASHINGTON — After scanning the vast reaches of the cosmos for Earthlike planets where life might exist, astronomers have found one right next door.
A planet that is roc...
Trump, Clinton locked in struggle
LOS ANGELES — It’s a conspiracy: The 2016 campaign features one candidate who warned against the “vast right-wing conspiracy” and anothe...
ATLANTA — Former President Bill Clinton says he’s proud of people who have donated to the Clinton Foundation and the work the organization has done, as he waded into a d...
Damage but no serious injuries
INDIANAPOLIS — Tornadoes that touched down in central Indiana tore roofs off apartment buildings, sent air conditioners falling onto parked...
Grad students can unionize, NLRB says
In a major decision that opens the door for graduate students across the country to unionize, the National Labor Relations Board rul...
NEW YORK — Harry Belafonte says it’s unfair that Nate Parker’s shining moment with his film “The Birth of a Nation” is being overshadowed by a 17-year-old rape case.
Be...
AKRON, Ohio — Black Republicans cheer Donald Trump for a newfound outreach to African-Americans, but say the GOP presidential nominee must take his message beyond arenas...
