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U.S. workers gain jobs and raises in final pre-election report

WASHINGTON – Workers enjoyed their best pay raises in seven years last month as employers added 161,000 jobs, the government said in the last major snapshot of a slow but durable economy bef...

Trump trails in enlisting poll watchers

In some states, deadline to register volunteers has passed

U.S. productivity up at 3.1 percent rate in third quarter

WASHINGTON – The productivity of American workers rose in the July-September quarter at the fastest pace in two years, while labor costs slowed. Productivity increased at a 3.1 pe...

UN warns about climate threat

Report says nations need to move faster to curb emissions

Obama hits trail to rally black voters

Says Trump will undo what he has done

Drought not hurting Christmas tree crop

HARTFORD, Conn. – New England Christmas tree growers say the region’s drought is having only minor effects on their crop. New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association Executiv...

Pentagon says airstrike in Syria killed an al-Qaida leader

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon says a U.S. airstrike in Syria last month killed what the Defense Department describes as a senior al-Qaida leader who once had ties to Osama bin Laden. ...

Police: 2 Iowa officers killed in 2 ambush-style attacks

DES MOINES, Iowa – Authorities apprehended a man Wednesday suspected in the early morning killings of two Des Moines area police officers who were shot to death while sitting in their patrol...

Pot industry moms struggle with stigma

Some workers worry about their jobs’ impact on their children

Race tightening, Trump goes hard after ‘Obamacare’

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. –Momentum flagging, Hillary Clinton reminded swing state voters Tuesday what they may dislike about Donald Trump. Her GOP rival homed in on the FBI’s renewed examination...

Turkey rejects criticism of raids

ISTANBUL – Turkey’s prime minister on Tuesday shrugged off the European Union’s criticism on media freedoms, following the detentions of at least 13 senior staff members of an opposition new...

More people sneaking into U.S. from afar

WASHINGTON – An increasing number of people from far-flung corners of the world have tried to sneak into the United States among the hundreds of thousands of other, mostly Latin American mig...