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A hiring sign is displayed at a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

U.S. filings for unemployment benefits inch up slightly but remain historically low

A hiring sign is displayed at a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

September 12, 2024, 10:39am Business

Slightly more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain at historically low levels despite two years of elevated interest rates. Read story

Biden marks the 30th anniversary of the passage of the landmark Violence Against Women Act

September 12, 2024, 10:24am Latest News

As part of the 30th anniversary of the signing of the landmark Violence Against Women Act, the White House on Thursday is set to announce new efforts to address online harassment and abuse, and to help ease housing issues that many survivors of domestic violence face when they are trying… Read story

A woman carrying her dog wades in a flooded street in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday, Sept.12, 2024.

Death toll climbs to 199 in Vietnam as typhoon’s aftermath brings flash floods and landslides

A woman carrying her dog wades in a flooded street in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday, Sept.12, 2024.

September 12, 2024, 9:43am Latest News

Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and 128 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll, state media reported Thursday. Read story

Pier outside the East Harbor in Pass Christian, Miss. during excessive rainfall from Hurricane Francine Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

Francine weakens and moves inland after lashing Louisiana

Pier outside the East Harbor in Pass Christian, Miss. during excessive rainfall from Hurricane Francine Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

September 12, 2024, 9:42am Latest News

Francine weakened Thursday after striking Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses, sent storm surge rushing into coastal communities and raised flooding fears in New Orleans and beyond. Read story

Washington approved insurance rate increase

September 12, 2024, 9:40am Health

Washington's insurance commissioner announced Wednesday that his office has approved a 10.7% rate increase for those residents who obtain insurance through the state's exchange. Read story

Attendees gather for a vigil on Alki Beach for the death of the 26-year old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, killed recently in the occupied West Bank, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Seattle. Eygi grew up in Seattle, attended Seattle Public Schools and graduated from the University of Washington.

Hundreds gather on a Seattle beach to remember an American activist killed by the Israeli military

Attendees gather for a vigil on Alki Beach for the death of the 26-year old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, killed recently in the occupied West Bank, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Seattle. Eygi grew up in Seattle, attended Seattle Public Schools and graduated from the University of Washington.

September 12, 2024, 9:38am Latest News

For her 26th birthday in July, human rights activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi gathered friends for a bonfire at one of her favorite places, a sandy beach in Seattle where green-and-white ferries cruise across the dark, flat water and osprey fish overhead. Read story

Judge finally rules on $45 billion Washington nuclear site contract affecting thousands of workers

September 12, 2024, 9:36am Latest News

A second legal challenge to the award of a $45 billion contract for environmental cleanup work at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington has been denied. Read story

This image made from a SpaceX video shows the start of the first private spacewalk led by tech billionaire Jared Isaacman Thursday Sept. 12, 2024.

Tech billionaire pulls off first private spacewalk high above Earth

This image made from a SpaceX video shows the start of the first private spacewalk led by tech billionaire Jared Isaacman Thursday Sept. 12, 2024.

September 12, 2024, 9:20am Latest News

A tech billionaire performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth on Thursday, a high-risk endeavor reserved for professional astronauts — until now. Read story

A spool of stickers rests on a table at a polling station during Massachusetts state primary voting, Sept. 3, 2024, in Newton, Mass.

AP-NORC/USAFacts survey: Most Americans don’t trust AI-powered election information

A spool of stickers rests on a table at a polling station during Massachusetts state primary voting, Sept. 3, 2024, in Newton, Mass.

September 12, 2024, 9:19am Election

Jim Duggan uses ChatGPT almost daily to draft marketing emails for his carbon removal credit business in Huntsville, Ala. But he’d never trust an artificial intelligence chatbot with any questions about the upcoming presidential election. Read story

Thousands of Boeing machinists make their way to the exits to cast their vote after the &quot;stop work meeting&quot; and strike sanction at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, July 17, 2024.

Boeing factory workers are voting whether to strike and shut down aircraft production

Thousands of Boeing machinists make their way to the exits to cast their vote after the &quot;stop work meeting&quot; and strike sanction at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, July 17, 2024.

September 12, 2024, 9:14am Business

Boeing waited to learn Thursday whether 33,000 aircraft assembly workers, most of them in the Seattle area, are going on strike and shutting down production of the company's bestselling planes. Read story