U.S. employers posted 8.7 million job openings in October, in a sign that hiring is cooling in the face of higher interest rates yet remains at a still-healthy pace.
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More bodies found after surprise eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi, raising apparent toll to 23
Rescuers are contending with bad weather and terrain constraints, as the scouring wind brings heat from the eruptions.
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Alaska Airlines is buying Hawaiian Airlines. Will the Biden administration let the merger fly?
The administration is certain to take a close look at Alaska Air Group’s $1.9 billion bid to acquire Hawaiian Airlines.
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British research ship crosses paths with world’s largest iceberg
The mega iceberg known as the A23a was met on Friday as it drifts out of Antarctica.
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Former career U.S. diplomat charged with spying for Cuban intelligence for decades
The Justice Department’s complaint provides a case study of what American officials say are long-standing efforts by Cuba and its sophisticated intelligence services to target U.S. government officials.
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Zelensky to address U.S. senators as White House pushes Congress to support aid for Ukraine
‘We are out of money – and nearly out of time,’ Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young wrote in a letter to House and Senate leaders.
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Divers have found wreckage, 5 remains from Osprey aircraft that crashed off Japan
The Air Force Special Operations Command said 2 of the 5 newly located remains have been recovered but their identities have yet to be determined.
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Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker’s bankruptcy deal, with billions of dollars at stake
The Supreme Court is wrestling with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company.
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Pilots flying tourists over national parks face new rules. None are stricter than at Mount Rushmore
Critics argue that the sound of helicopters is drowning out the sound nature which is disrupting the experiences of visitors and tribes who call the land around the parks home.
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Israel widens ground offensive, pushing Palestinians into ever-shrinking territory
The expanded assault poses a deadly choice for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians – either stay in the path of Israeli forces or flee within southern Gaza with no guarantee of safety.