
U.S. employers added a robust 379,000 jobs last month, the most since October and a sign that the economy is strengthening as confirmed viral cases drop, consumers spend more and states and cities ease business restrictions.
by CHRISTOPHER RUGABER / Associated Press 35 minutes agoYouTube removed five channels run by Myanmar's military for violating its guidelines, it announced Friday, as demonstrators defied growing violence by security forces and staged more anti-coup protests ahead of a special U.N. Security Council meeting on the country's political crisis.
by Associated Press 1 hour agoCanada is getting a fourth vaccine to prevent COVID-19 as the country's health regulator has cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of two, officials said Friday.
by ROB GILLIES / Associated Press 2 hours agoDemocrats laid aside one battle over boosting the minimum wage but promptly descended into another internal fight Friday as the party haltingly tried moving its $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill through the Senate.
by ALAN FRAM / Associated Press 3 hours agoA Tennessee man charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach made an initial appearance in a federal court in Nashville on Thursday.
by Associated Press 4 hours agoA Dallas police officer was arrested Thursday on two counts of capital murder, more than a year and a half after a man told investigators that he kidnapped and killed two people at the officer's instruction in 2017, authorities said.
by JAKE BLEIBERG / Associated Press 5 hours agoInterest rates keep marching higher, and Wall Street keeps shaking because of it.
by STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA / AP Business WritersGeneral Motors says it's looking for a site to build a second U.S. battery factory with joint venture partner LG Chem of Korea.
by TOM KRISHER / AP Auto WriterGeorgia could make it a felony with mandatory prison time for people who steal a single package off someone's porch or front step, no matter the value.
by JEFF AMY / Associated PressCities along the Mississippi River will take part in a global system to determine where plastic pollution comes from and how it ends up in waterways as a first step toward solving the problem, officials said Wednesday.
by JOHN FLESHER / AP Environmental WriterAs part of its clean-energy agenda, the Biden administration is reviving an Energy Department program that disbursed billions of dollars in loan guarantees to companies such as electric car maker Tesla and the failed solar company Solyndra, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says.
by Matthew Daly / Associated PressInstead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout.
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