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US jobless claims drop; still at 847,000 as pandemic rages

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell but remained at a historically high 847,000 last week, a sign that layoffs keep coming as the coronavirus pandemic continue...

Jan 28, 2021

US economy shrank 3.5% in 2020 after growing 4% last quarter

WASHINGTON - Stuck in the grip of a viral pandemic, the U.S. economy grew at a 4% annual rate in the final three months of 2020 and shrank last year by the largest amount in 74 years. For 2020 as a wh...

Jan 28, 2021

Far-right extremist convicted of murdering German politician

BERLIN - A far-right extremist in Germany was convicted Thursday and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a regional politician who had advocated helping refugees - a brazen killing that shoc...

Jan 28, 2021

Pakistani court: Release man accused in Daniel Pearl's death

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release Thursday of a Pakistani-British man convicted and later acquitted in the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. The court also ...

Jan 28, 2021

WHO team in Wuhan departs quarantine for COVID origins study

WUHAN, China - A World Health Organization team has emerged from quarantine in the Chinese city of Wuhan to start field work in a fact-finding mission on the origins of the virus that caused the COVID...

Jan 27, 2021

Oscar and Emmy-winning actor Cloris Leachman dies at 94

LOS ANGELES - Cloris Leachman, a character actor whose depth of talent brought her an Oscar for the "The Last Picture Show" and Emmys for her comedic work in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and other TV s...

Jan 27, 2021

Census data for congressional seats still months away

The numbers used for divvying up U.S. congressional seats among the states won't be ready until the end of April, a Census Bureau official said Wednesday. The new goal for finishing data processing fo...

Jan 27, 2021

Fed stresses its commitment to low rates for the long run

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve pledged on Wednesday to keep its low interest rate policies in place even well after the economy has sustained a recovery from the viral pandemic. The Fed said in a st...

Jan 27, 2021

US issues domestic terrorism alert early in Biden's term

WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin Wednesday warning of the potential for lingering violence from people motivated by anti-government sentiment after...

Jan 27, 2021

Cannes Film Festival, cancelled in 2020, is postponed to July

NEW YORK - The Cannes Film Festival, cancelled altogether last year by the pandemic, is postponing this year's edition from May to July in hopes of having an in-person festival. Cannes organizers anno...

Jan 27, 2021