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US employers add robust 304K jobs; joblessness up to 4 pct.
WASHINGTON - U.S. employers shrugged off last month's partial government shutdown and engaged in a burst of hiring in January, adding 304,000 jobs, the most in nearly a year. The healthy gain the gove...
Feb 01, 2019
'Jane the Virgin' creator says finale should bring closure
PASADENA, Calif. - A roundup of news from the Television Critics Association winter meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs. TISSUES, PLEASE Th...
Feb 01, 2019
Israel Eurovision hero releases song on newfound fame
TEL AVIV, Israel - Israeli pop star Netta Barzilai, winner of last year's Eurovision song contest, released a new single Friday which she says reflects the highs and lows in the year since her shock v...
Feb 01, 2019
Grammys launch initiative aiding women producers, engineers
NEW YORK - The Recording Academy's Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion is launching a new initiative to create and expand more opportunities to female music producers and engineers. The academy on F...
Feb 01, 2019
Dalhousie's interim president stirs controversy with book on campus dissent
HALIFAX - Dalhousie University's interim president has written a new book on campus debate and dissent - and it has provoked both at the Halifax school, with some students calling for his dismissal. P...
Feb 01, 2019
Jailed Reuters reporters appeal to Myanmar's Supreme Court
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - A lawyer for two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of violating Myanmar's Official Secrets Act filed an appeal Friday with the Supreme Court seekin...
Feb 01, 2019
In reversal, Trump now says he and intel chiefs in agreement
WASHINGTON - A day after he lashed out at U.S. intelligence agency chiefs over their assessments of global threats, President Donald Trump abruptly reversed course and said that he and the intelligenc...
Feb 01, 2019
Women will surround Trump at State of the Union address
WASHINGTON - Pelosi behind and above. Female immigrants, gazing down from the balcony. A black woman who ran a close race for governor of Georgia, rebutting. When President Donald Trump delivers his f...
Feb 01, 2019
January was officially Australia's hottest month on record
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia sweltered through its hottest month on record in January and the summer of extremes continued with wildfires razing the drought-parched south and flooding in expanses o...
Feb 01, 2019
Judge: PG&E put profits over wildfire safety
SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. judge berated Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. on Wednesday, accusing the nation's largest utility of enriching shareholders instead of clearing trees that can fall on its power...
Feb 01, 2019
