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The unemployment rate ticked up to 3.9 percent, the 27th consecutive month that the rate was below 4 percent.

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TRUMP N.Y. HUSH MONEY CASE

Witness testimony resumes after judge assures Trump he can testify

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The jury is being sent out for a midmorning break.
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The new witness is Georgia Longstreet, a paralegal in the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
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Some of the jurors are eyeing the lawyers who are huddled around Judge Juan Merchan at...

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Hope Hicks witnessed nearly every Trump scandal. Now she must testify.

By Ashley ParkerUpdated 1 hour ago

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The Drowning South

Sudden surge in sea level rise threatens the American South

One of the most rapid sea level surges on Earth is besieging coastal communities, choking septic systems, swallowing roads and drowning wetlands.

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How the myth of Sean Combs has come undone

Diddy’s downfall built up slowly and then arrived dizzyingly fast, as rumors and accusations turned into lawsuits, raids and a decaying of Combs’ empire.

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Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

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Why ‘good enough’ can be better for your decisions and mental health

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Microsoft is changing how you log in to your accounts

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Texas man files legal action to probe ex-partner’s out-of-state abortion

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Why many electric vehicles will no longer qualify for a $7,500 subsidy

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Biden to award Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19, including Pelosi and Ledecky

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College Protests

134 protesters arrested on 2 campuses had no connection to schools, NYPD says

Police clear Portland State library twice; NYPD says officer accidentally discharged gun

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Riot police and over 2,000 arrests: A look at 2 weeks of campus protests

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Nellie Bowles thinks you should outgrow progressivism

In “Morning After the Revolution,” the former New York Times reporter takes aim at the supposed excesses of today’s left.

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Caitlin Clark is coming, and the WNBA better get ready for her

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Carolyn Hax: Husband keeps pushing modest spouse to wear sexier clothes

Her husband wants her to wear low-cut dresses and provocative clothing, which she has “never been comfortable wearing.”

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Ask Amy: Should I be the best man if I think the bride is abusive?

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Biden expands two California national monuments crucial to tribes

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Biden is spending another $3 billion to replace lead pipes. Some experts say it’s not enough.

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Chinese EVs are good for the world. Biden says they’re bad for America.

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A streak of record global heat nears one-year mark

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The ‘shed hunt’ is on. Towering prongs of elk antlers are the prize.

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Texas man gets five-year prison term, $200,000 fine in Jan. 6 riot case

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United Methodists end anti-LGBTQ policies

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Turkey halts trade with Israel, demands increased flow of aid into Gaza

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Hamas says it will send delegation to Cairo to continue cease-fire talks

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Tom Selleck is 79 and, whew, just look at this magnificent specimen

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A playwright left D.C. behind. A tragedy brought him back to run a theater.

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