New U.S. jobless claim applications fell last week, remaining within the healthy range of recent years, according to the government's first weekly layoffs data since before the government shut down on Oct. 1.
President Donald Trumpย signed legislation Wednesday that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure from his own party after initially resisting those efforts.
Federal agents have now arrested more than 250 people during a North Carolinaย immigration crackdownย centered around Charlotte,ย the stateโs largest city, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday.
President Donald Trumpย is once more targeting former President Barack Obama's signature health care law, picking a political fight before next year's elections that is reminiscent of one he lost in his first term.
Ta'Niya Latson scored 24 points, Madina Okot had 23 and Joyce Edwards 22 as No. 2 South Carolina started 5-0 for the fifth straight season with a 106-56 victory over Winthrop on Wednesday night.
Theย U.S. Border Patrolย is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.
A former substitute teacher and after-school director found himself back in court on Wednesday for a bond hearing -- after being accused of sexually assaulting children as young as seven-years-old.
The U.S. endedย production of the pennyย Wednesday, abandoning the 1-cent coins that were embedded in American culture for more than 230 years but became nearly worthless.
Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offenderย Jeffrey Epstein.
Federal agents expanded theirย North Carolinaimmigration crackdownย to the area around theย state capital of Raleighย on Tuesday, with fear spreading in at least one immigrant-heavy suburb where restaurants closed and many people stayed home.
The Atlantic Coast Conference opened 2025 mired in a legal fight with two member schools while waiting on broadcast partner ESPN to extend a media deal with the league for the long term.
Four candidates were vying for two City of Columbia council seats with Incumbent Councilwoman Aditi Bussells facing off against challenger Sam Johnson for the At-large seat, and Incumbent Councilman Peter Brown going up against challenger Julie Lumpkin for the District 4 seat.