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WASHINGTON (AP) — The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according to the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released earlier this week. Federal officials warn that policy changes are needed lest the programs become unable to pay [...]
SABINA (AP) — It was just after dark as Ross Woodruff hopped into a truck to haul soybean seeds out to his brother, Mark, whose planter had run out. It was the first day they could plant after heavy rains two weeks earlier left much of their 9,000 acres too muddy to get equipment into [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's employers added 175,000 jobs last month, according to a new federal government report. Last week’s report showed that April's hiring gain was down from the increase of 315,000 in March. It was also below the 233,000 gain that economists had predicted for April. The moderation in the pace of hiring, [...]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific managers undermined the federal government's efforts to assess safety at the railroad in the wake of several high-profile derailments across the industry by coaching employees on how to respond and suggesting they might be disciplined, federal regulators say. The meddling was so widespread across Union Pacific's 23-state network that [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last thing standing between Ashnaelle Bijoux and her college dream is the FAFSA form — a financial aid application that's supposed to help students go to college, but is blocking her instead. She has tried to submit it over and over. Every time, it fails to go through. "I feel overwhelmed [...]
DETROIT (AP) — In the not-too-distant future, automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all new passenger vehicles in the United States, a requirement that the government says will save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands of injuries every year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration earlier this week unveiled the final version [...]
PITTSBURGH (AP) — On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board. A quarter-mile ahead, the truck's sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in another. In less than a second, it signaled, moved into the unobstructed lane and rumbled [...]
"Divest from death" read the bubble letters written in chalk on the sidewalk last week outside of The New School in New York City. The slogan articulates one of the demands of the antiwar protests on campuses which call on colleges or universities to divest their endowments from companies profiting from the Israel-Hamas war. Campaigns [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Ever since college, Brad Jobling struggled with his weight, fluctuating between a low of 155 pounds when he was in his 30s to as high as 220. He spent a decade tracking calories on WeightWatchers, but the pounds he dropped always crept back onto his 5-foot-5-inch frame. A little more than [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Several factors, including the increased use of technology in vehicles, are being blamed for the increase in automobile insurance rates. Auto insurance rates rose 2.6 percent in March and are up 22 percent from a year ago. Premium costs have been marching steadily higher since 2022, even as inflation at the [...]