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Nation & World

Published
August 3, 2023

Weekly applications for jobless aid tick up from 5-month low

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose slightly last week but remained at a historically low level that points to a robust job market.
Published
August 3, 2023

The heaviest animal ever may be this ancient whale found in the Peruvian desert

A newly studied species of ancient whale might be the heaviest animal ever found.
Published
August 2, 2023

The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to $1.25 billion. Here’s how hard it is to win

If someone wins it all when the next drawing takes place, the jackpot would be one of the largest in U.S. lottery history.
Published
August 2, 2023

Surfs up takes on new meaning as California waves get bigger as Earth warms, research finds

New research shows winter waves off California’s Pacific coast are swelling in size as the planet warms.
Published
August 2, 2023

Beijing records heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years, causing severe flooding and 21 deaths

China’s capital has recorded 29.3 inches of rain over the past few days. At least 26 people remain missing from the rains.

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Published
August 2, 2023

Should Trump go to jail? The 2024 election could become a referendum on that question

Critics have long alleged that Trump’s fear of prosecution was a chief motivator for his decision to mount another campaign.
Published
August 2, 2023

Pence fought an order to testify but now is a central figure in his former boss’s indictment

The 45-page indictment is informed, in part, by contemporaneous notes that Mike Pence kept of their conversations in the days leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Published
August 2, 2023

U.S. Senate office buildings locked down over reports of shooter

Staff working in the building were instructed to remain quiet and silence all electronics.
Published
August 2, 2023

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife to separate

The couple were married in 2005. They have 3 children.
Published
August 2, 2023

Pittsburgh synagogue gunman sentenced to death for the nation’s worst antisemitic attack

The DOJ has placed a moratorium on federal executions and has declined to authorize the death penalty in hundreds of new cases, but federal prosecutors said death was the appropriate punishment for Bowers.