Work is completely stopped at the Barbours Cut Container Terminal during the first day of a dockworkers strike on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)
Global Trade

US dockworkers threaten to strike against automation, creating economic uncertainty

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Money

Holiday shoppers increased spending by 3.8% despite higher prices: Mastercard SpendingPulse

PHOTO: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Money

Treasury recovers $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from high-wealth tax dodgers

The interior of a retail store in California displaying their participation in the SNAP program. PHOTO: Jeff Bukowski/Shutterstock.
Politics

Democrats urge US House Republicans not to cut food aid to the poor

President Joe Biden (L) and former U.S. President Barack Obama (R) rally for Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro at the Liacouras Center on November 5, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)
Politics

Biden reelection campaign offering joint meeting with Obama as ex-president enters 2024 fray early

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Education

Burnout, low pay and politics are driving away teachers. Turnover is soaring for educators of color

A sign announcing a face mask requirement is displayed at a hospital in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. COVID-19 hospital admissions are inching upward in the United States since early July 2023. It’s a small-scale echo of the three previous summers. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
United States

COVID-19 hospitalizations in the US are on the rise again, but not like before

A huge foundation for an offshore wind turbine, called a monopile, sits atop wheeled movers in Paulsboro, N.J., Thursday, July 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
United States

Lawsuits could delay the start of New Jersey’s first offshore wind power project

In this Nov. 14, 2020 file photo, students demonstrate during a rally to call on New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to keep schools open. Classroom doors will open for elementary school students next week, but middle school and high school students in New York City won't return to in-person learning until after the holiday break, De Blasio said Monday, Nov 30. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Education

Study: Students falling behind in math during pandemic

In this Nov. 12, 2020, photo, a University of Vermont student walks toward a tent leading to a COVID-testing site on campus in Burlington, Vt. As coronavirus cases are surging around the U.S., some colleges and universities are rethinking some of their plans for next semester. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
Education

US colleges mull new virus protocols for students’ return

In the heart of Dixie Springs, open floor plan, Casita for guests with a separate entrance, 10 foot and double coffered ceilings, 8 foot interior doors. | Photo: AMERICAN HERITAGE REAL ESTATE / randsland.com
Construction

Home construction up 4.9% in October to 1.53 million

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