WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration, the government said in delayed reports. The unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, highest since 2021. Both the October and November job creation numbers, released Tuesday by the…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Sales at U.S. retailers and restaurants were unchanged in October from September as consumers moderated their spending amid worries about higher prices and other economic uncertainties after splurging over the summer. But a big factor dragging down the figure was a 1.6% drop in sales at auto dealerships, hurt by the…… MORE
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says he won’t forget the 67 people who died when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January. Bryan Bedford says he won’t allow operations in the airspace over the nation’s capital to revert back to the way they were before the crash. Bedford…… MORE
DETROIT (AP) — Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing President Donald Trump’s administration for what they say is unlawfully withholding billions of dollars in funding for two electric vehicle charging programs. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Washington state is the latest legal battle that several states are pursuing to receive funding for…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is suing the utility company whose downed power lines sparked the largest wildfire in state history. The deadly Smokehouse Creek fire in 2024 destroyed homes and livestock, and charred miles of landscape, causing more than $1 billion in damage. The lawsuit accuses Xcel Energy of neglecting aging utility poles that…… MORE
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union is moving to dial back its total ban on cars with gas or diesel engines by 2035. Tuesday’s proposal would replace a mandatory reduction of emissions by 100% by that date with a 90% reduction. That would leave a little room for cars with internal combustion engines. But…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – SHELBY COUNTY, TX – Last Thursday, testing uncovered the case in Shelby County, which is located about an hour southeast of Tyler. USDA inspectors and federal health officials are working to contain the virus, which includes quarantining the infected birds. Officials with the CDC stated that the risk of transmitting the bird flu…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say the younger son of Rob Reiner is in jail for what investigators believe was the fatal stabbing a day earlier of the director-actor and his wife Michele at their home in Los Angeles. It was not immediately clear what charges 32-year-old Nick Reiner would face. A police statement said…… MORE
Rob Reiner, a renowned filmmaker known for classics like “The Princess Bride” and “When Harry Met Sally …,” has died at 78. He and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead Sunday at their Los Angeles home. Authorities on Sunday arrested the Reiners’ son, Nick Reiner, and booked him for murder. Reiner, son of…… MORE
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities are again searching for the person seen in grainy video walking away from the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine. Officials said late Sunday that they released a person of interest they had detained earlier in the day, finding no reason to keep him in custody.…… MORE
