The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits dipped last week to the lowest level since mid-July as layoffs remain low and most American workers enjoy job security. The Labor Department said Thursday that initial jobless claims ticked down to 197,000 from a revised 198,000 the we...
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The crew launched to the International Space Station on Thursday morning.
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Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. LUBBOCK — A new water tower in Turkey: $3 million. Upgrades for a museum in Stamford: $400,000. A first r...
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A nor'easter flooded a Highlands, N.J., couple's home before their wedding, so the Life Time gym where the bride works became the venue.
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A Los Angeles high school student died Wednesday after witnesses said he fell from a fourth-floor balcony.
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Three company executives at Vallee Oil and Gas are now facing federal charges related to their involvement in an oil-theft ring that was operating out of West Texas, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday....
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Another two people were being treated at a hospital, officials said.
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HPD officers were blocking the ramp as crews worked to clear an 18-wheeler that lost its load when a truck crashed into a patrol vehicle, police said.
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Christa Pike survived Tennessee's effort to execute her by means of lethal injection late on Wednesday, according to officials.
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Although the rates of women diagnosed with breast cancer have increased, five-year survival rates have risen. Here's what to know about breast cancer by the numbers....
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Four astronauts rocketed into orbit Thursday on a space station mission that will stretch until spring, among them a Canadian whose wife will give birth while he’s away. SpaceX launched commander Jessica Watkins and her crew for NASA after a three-week delay to fix the capsule’s ...
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Law enforcement officials have arrested a Bexar County man for his part in a planned violent attack on the Texas State Capitol, says Texas DPS.
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A judge in the nation’s capital agreed on Thursday to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool , a move that could prevent federal prosecutors from reviving the case under political pressure from Presiden...
