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Against all odds, the U.S. job market is in a good place. Employers added 172,000 jobs in May, blowing past analyst forecasts and sustaining the healthy pace of payroll gains from the two prior months. Average monthly job growth from March through May has tripled from roughly 63,000 a year ago to nearly 190,000 this …
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have spent months regrouping quickly after losses and they have proven unshaken by the challenge of playing in hostile arenas or in next-goal-wins extra time. “It’s a special time of year, and it’s a really cool opportunity and experience we all get to have,” goaltender Frederik Andersen said …
CONAKRY, June 5 (Reuters) – Political parties backing Guinea’s coup-leader-turned-President Mamady Doumbouya have won a majority in the bauxite-rich West African country’s legislative elections, the electoral authority said on Friday, tightening his grip on power. The final distribution of Guinea’s 147 legislative seats was still being determined, but the pro-Doumbouya Generation for Modernity and Development …
WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday it would accelerate the development and use of AI for national security applications, while stressing that the technology should not be used to carry out unlawful surveillance. The Trump administration said earlier this week that it would ask leading AI developers to voluntarily submit …
For the second time this week, Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing another major controversy just days ahead of the Maine primary he is poised to win. On Thursday, the New York Times reported allegations of Platner’s “unsettling” behavior toward women he dated, including one claim that he was physically abusive, which Platner denies. …
“We’re going to continue to arrest people, we’re going to continue to detain people and we’re going to keep deporting people,” Trump border czar Tom Homan told CBS News on Friday. He hinted at summer sweeps of enforcement actions coming next to New York City. More money, fewer guardrails The work of Congress comes at …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers representing the federal government argued Friday that a court could not stop construction of a White House ballroom it was already underway and because of the sensitive security concerns they say the structure is meant to address. Attorney Yaakov Roth, speaking during an exchange with U.S. Appeals Court Judge Patricia Millett, …
Ned Jarrett, a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and longtime broadcaster, died Thursday of natural causes in his home, his family said in a statement shared by the racing organization. He was 93. Jarrett was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2011 after 50 career wins on the sport’s top circuit, including championships …
A proposed merger between two utility giants could have big implications for the future of nuclear power in New England. NextEra Energy, the owner of New Hampshire’s Seabrook Nuclear Power Station, announced plans last month to acquire Dominion Energy, the owner of Connecticut’s Millstone Nuclear Power Station, in a deal worth nearly $67 billion. If …
June 5 (Reuters) – The United States will give nearly $38 million in additional funding toward its Ebola response efforts, bringing the total so far to more than $200 million in direct funding, the State Department said in a statement on Friday. The department, which did not detail how the money would be spent, said …