3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (233+ words) Filings for benefits dipped to 206,000 last week from a revised 207,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which smooths out week-to-week volatility, also fell modestly to 206,000. Claims for jobless benefits are a proxy for…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (600+ words) California has long been farm country, and its oceans soon could be, too. State coastal officials voted Wednesday to allow a plan to build the United States’ largest kelp farm 6 miles (10 kilometers) off the Southern California coast to move forward…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (325+ words) When New Jersey enacted a sweeping new data law in June, political professionals quickly realized it could disrupt the tools campaigns use to communicate with voters. As someone who has worked in New Jersey politics and digital communications for more…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (255+ words) A judge in Vinton County accepted the findings of an evaluation report for Gary Siders Sr. Vinton County Prosecutor William Archer did not object to the findings. The 73-year-old Siders appeared in court in a wheelchair. His attorney, Dorian Baum,…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (210+ words) More than 60 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the crash, arriving to find the aircraft on fire as crews worked to extinguish the flames and assess patients. Officials had not yet released information on injuries or deaths. The Federal Aviation…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (458+ words) By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting during the midterms, putting another major obstacle in the way of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (414+ words) In March, Woods’ Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its side and the legendary golfer was arrested, officials said. Woods pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence in the case in Martin County circuit court, just north of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (278+ words) Google has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” ​​for users in the United States, reflecting a recent order by President Donald Trump that changed the name of the lake, the global technology giant says. The…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (658+ words) Gordon called the monitors’ behavior “a bit aggressive” and “irregular” in an otherwise routine meeting to confirm the election results in the mostly rural and Republican state. “I feel very strongly about the federal government coming in and taking our…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) A second witness to a fatal shooting in Houston by a federal immigration agent has been ordered released from custody after more than a month in detention. Daniel Tirado Pantoja was one of three passengers riding in a work van…...