US applications for unemployment benefits fall again as job market continues to show strength
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week as the labor market continues to show resilience despite elevated interest rates.Jobless claims...
Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard reflect on the gray areas of ‘Memory’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Jessica Chastain first read the script for “Memory,” she was struck by the flurry of unanswered questions left swirling...
Parents of Cyprus school volleyball team players killed in Turkish quake testify against hotel...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Parents of school volleyball team players who perished when their hotel crumbled in last year’s powerful earthquake testified in the...
Alice Hoffman’s new book will imagine Anne Frank’s life before she kept a diary
NEW YORK (AP) — With the cooperation of the Anne Frank House, a novel based on Frank's life immediately before she began keeping a...
Drugstore chain Walgreens cuts quarterly dividend to get more cash to grow its business
Walgreens is chopping its dividend nearly in half as the drugstore chain looks to strengthen its balance sheet.The health care giant said Thursday that...
Striking doctors in England at loggerheads with hospitals over calls to return to work
LONDON (AP) — The longest planned strike in the history of Britain's state-funded National Health Service entered its second day of six on Thursday...
Unsold Christmas trees are on the menu for elephants and bison at the Berlin...
BERLIN (AP) — There’s a bit of post-Christmas cheer on the menu for elephants and other tenants at the Berlin Zoo: they can chomp...
Serbia’s army proposes bringing back the draft as tensions continue to rise in the...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia should reintroduce compulsory military service, the defense ministry said Thursday, as tensions continue to escalate in the Balkans.The ministry...
Taiwan’s presidential candidate Ko Wen-je seeks a middle ground with China, attracting young voters
HSINCHU, Taiwan (AP) — With Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary elections less than two weeks away, the island’s alternative party candidate Ko Wen-je is promoting...
Successful evacuation from burning Japan Airlines jet highlights dogged devotion to safety
BANGKOK (AP) — The swift and safe evacuation of a Japan Airlines jet that caught fire after hitting a Coast Guard aircraft while it...