US unemployment rate hits a 50-year low even as hiring slows
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in September, the lowest level in nearly five decades, even though...
Abortion, immigrants, LGBT rights top high court’s new term
MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion rights as well as protections for young immigrants and LGBT people top an election-year agenda for the...
4 homeless men beaten to death with pipe in New York City
VERENA DOBNIK and REBECCA GIBIAN
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A homeless man wielding a long metal bar rampaged through New York City's Chinatown...
Accused of abuse, priests move on to teach, counsel, prey
CLAUDIA LAUER and MEGHAN HOYER
Associated Press
Nearly 1,700 priests and other clergy members that the Roman Catholic Church considers credibly accused of child sexual...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
AMANDA SEITZ, BEATRICE DUPUY and ARIJETA LAJKA
Associated Press
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week....
Fed chairman says goal is to keep economy in ‘good place’
MARTIN CRUTSINGER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that the U.S. economy is facing some risks at the...
Supreme Court to hear abortion regulation case
MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to plunge into the abortion debate in the midst of the 2020 presidential...
Diahann Carroll, Oscar-nominated, pioneering actress, dies
NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black...
10 Things to Know for Today, Oct. 4
The Associated PressÂ
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. AMERICAN DIPLOMATS DANGLED TRUMP MEETING...
Jumping the shark? Kiss will play for them in the ocean
WAYNE PARRY
Associated Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Having played nearly every corner of the Earth in a nearly 50-year career, the rock band Kiss...