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Southwest Airlines warned nearly 7,000 workers on Thursday that they could lose their jobs unless labor unions accept concessions to help the airline cope with a sharp drop in travel...

Americans who struggled through 2020 could face more hardship in the year ahead as pandemic related payments and protections come to an end. Expanded unemployment benefits will cease by the...

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama are seeking to form a union, setting up a potential battle in the Deep South with a company that has opposed unionization efforts....

Pacific Gas & Electric's household customers will be hit with an average rate increase of 8% to help the once-bankrupt utility pay for improvements designed to reduce the risks that...

Getting a COVID-19 vaccine to the right people could change the course of the pandemic in the United States. But who are the right people? As the decision looms for...

In a finding unlikely to surprise the millions of Floridians who filed unemployment claims this year, Florida was the second-worst state in the nation at paying benefits on time, federal...

Hospital beds are filling up and medical staffs are being stretched to the limit as Pennsylvania's health care system copes with a growing number of seriously ill COVID-19 patients. Nearly...

Steven Cohen already is on track for a higher owner WAR than the Wilpons, his purchase the reason Trevor May decided to take a $15.5 million, two-year contract with the...

U.S. stock indexes ended mostly higher Thursday after a late stumble left the S&P 500 just short of another all-time high. A couple of economic reports, including one showing fewer...

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper was blocked from expanding Medicaid in his first term by Republicans in the legislature, and any repeated push could again face more stalemates with...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a sweeping new coronavirus order Thursday that trigger business shutdowns and limits on people's movement based on hospital intensive care unit capacity in their regions....

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery rose 36 cents to $45.64 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude oil for February delivery rose 46 cents to $48.71 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline...

Crews used explosives to topple a 1,000-foot-tall (305-meter-tall ) smoke stack at an old power plant in Alabama on Thursday in a major step toward preparing the site for redevelopment....

Powerful gusts pushed flames from a wildfire through Southern California canyons on Thursday, one of several blazes that burned near homes and forced residents to flee amid elevated fire risk...

The Trump administration is accusing Facebook in a lawsuit of discriminating against U.S. workers in favor of foreigners with special visas to fill more than 2,600 high-paying jobs. The Justice...

Real estate magnate Don Peebles and his wife, Katrina, want to downsize. Hoping to benefit from the single-family home craze, he believes it's the right time to sell their $14.9...

The killing of a young Black man last month by a white man who complained that he was playing loud music has roiled Ashland, Oregon, forcing the liberal college town...

Unable to control themselves, UK politicians are bragging about approving a coronavirus vaccine in record time, but experts elsewhere remind us the tough job of convincing 85 percent of the...

Most people around the globe would agree that 2020 has been a year to forget. This is certainly, if not especially, true for Venezuela's opposition, and the upcoming parliamentary vote...

In the most seismic shift by a Hollywood studio yet during the pandemic, Warner Bros. Pictures on Thursday announced that all of its 2021 film slate — including a new...

In the most seismic shift by a Hollywood studio yet during the pandemic, Warner Bros. Pictures on Thursday announced that all of its 2021 film slate — including a new...

More than two dozen migrant workers from Texas allege they were sprayed with toxic pesticides while working in Illinois cornfields, according to a federal lawsuit. The workers, including teenagers, senior...

More than two dozen migrant workers from Texas allege they were sprayed with toxic pesticides while working in Illinois cornfields, according to a federal lawsuit. The workers, including teenagers, senior...

Facebook said Thursday it will start removing false claims about COVID-19 vaccines, in its latest move to counter a tide of coronavirus-related online misinformation. In the coming weeks, the social...

A freighter has become stuck in a Detroit River channel, slowing some shipping between the Great Lakes. The Harvest Spirit ran aground Wednesday on the Canadian side of the river,...

For a while last April, after the COVID pandemic forced all non-essential businesses to cease operations, it looked like Cinemex Holdings USA Inc. — the parent company of CMX Cinemas,...

Days after the discovery and swift disappearance of two shining metal monoliths half a world apart, another towering structure has popped up, this time at the pinnacle of a trail...

Washington State University is launching Spinout Space in Spokane, a new life sciences incubator designed to build and grow start-up companies. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation on Thursday pledged...

Augusta's fire chief has resigned after a long struggle with the local firefighters union, an outside review that criticized his leadership and allegations that he discriminated against an employee because...

The U.S. recorded over 3,100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, obliterating the record set last spring, while the number of Americans in the hospital with the virus has eclipsed...

The South Dakota governor has been slammed for refusing to impose strict Covid-19 controls after her grandmother's non-Covid related death in a care home – where masks were required. Such...

Now that it's clear Joe Biden soon will be president, the fight over automobile pollution and fuel efficiency standards is likely to peter out, and U.S. consumers should see a...

The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local): 12:25 p.m. President-elect Joe Biden has tapped former Obama administration senior economic adviser Brian Deese to be director of the National...

Waddell & Reed Financial, a Kansas investment and wealth management company, will be sold to an Australian firm for $1.7 billion. Macquarie Asset Management, an arm of Australia's Macquarie Group,...

A candle sold exclusively at Dollar Tree stores may be too powerful for its own good. Adco Training, the Texas firm that distributes the Sure Scents 2-1 Peaceful Stream/Moonlit Waves...

The U.N. General Assembly president opened the world body's first special session on COVID-19 Thursday, calling it a historic and overdue moment of reckoning to forge a path to end...

The U.N. General Assembly president opened the world body's first special session on COVID-19 Thursday, calling it a historic and overdue moment of reckoning to forge a path to end...

Residents in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities will be the first to get a coronavirus vaccine when Florida begins receiving it later this month, Gov. Ron DeSantis said. DeSantis' priorities,...

A coalition of about 25 national and international unions wants Washington state officials to approve plans for a $2 billion methanol refinery in Kalama, Washington. In a letter to Gov....

A Chinese lunar probe lifted off from the moon Thursday night with a cargo of lunar samples on the first stage of its return to Earth, state media reported. Chang'e...