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U.S. job growth falls short of expectations as unemployment rises to 4.2%

The Labor Department reported that the US added 29,000 jobs in September, missing expectations. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2% from 4.1% in t...

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'I didn't get justice': Mother of Christa Pike's victim describes failed execution

Christa Pike, pictured in 2012, is receiving life-saving treatment after surviving two lethal injections.Imagn Images via Reuters ConnectThe mother of...

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'I was not going to let others die': Flydubai pilot speaks out from hospital

Watch: Flydubai pilot speaks with Indian PM The Indian pilot of the Flydubai plane who was stabbed by his co-pilot and opened the cockpit door to let...

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El Niño's waters are the hottest ever measured. They're getting hotter.

Sea surface temperatures just hit a record high in a 2.4-million square mile region of the deep Pacific Ocean known as Niño 3.4, the key area scientis...

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Even high earners are living paycheck to paycheck this year, survey shows

Think a high salary is a ticket out of living paycheck to paycheck? Think again.Roughly 4 in 10 workers earning above $300,000 say they're doing just...

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Trump's diesel export threat puts new pressure on Europe as prices hit records

[AFP via Getty Images] Donald Trump has said he may ask European countries to release some of their diesel reserves as he considers banning US expor...

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OpenAI fires workers for mishandling 'sensitive information'

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman [Getty Images] OpenAI has fired three researchers for allegedly mishandling information, including work which invo...

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More than 50 years later, DOJ hears misconduct claims against Watergate prosecutors

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice is now looking to see if Nixon-era special prosecutors committed misconduct in investigating the Waterg...

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Trump says Iran is 'ready to fold up' as he raises possibility of post-midterms attack

Follow updates on the war in the Middle East for Friday, Oct. 2, here. See earlier developments below.What to know about the Iran war:President Trump...

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NY governor says Cornell rape accuser was 'failed' by people obligated to protect her

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday that the woman who accused members of a Cornell University fraternity of gang rape was “failed”...

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U.S. job growth is expected to slow in September, with unemployment steady

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - US job growth likely slowed in September and the unemployment rate is forecast to have been 4.1% fo...

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Combat pay rises for the first time in 24 years as troops face new risks

(AFP via Getty) The Pentagon doubled hostile fire pay to $450 a month and raised imminent danger pay to $275 as of Thursday, the first boost to the...

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'Deeply unwelcome': MLB backs off its plan for a game at Grand Teton

The Grand Teton national park in Wyoming.Photograph: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Major League Baseball (MLB) leadership is no longer consi...

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Musk's AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela's president

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 29: U.S. President Donald Trump waves after speaking during the America.gov launch event at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on...

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Former Dallas officer who fatally shot man in apartment she mistook for her own gets parole

Former Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger (center) in 2019 leaves the Frank Crowley Courts Building in downtown Dallas. (Tom Fox/Staff Photograph...

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