Real 'Fault in Our Stars' couple reunited by hope Katie and Dalton Prager, a young couple who both have cystic fibrosis, celebrated happy news when they reunited Tuesday afternoon after nearly five months apart: Katie is on her way to getting a lifesaving lung transplant. More
8 die in clothing factory fire in Bangladesh as Rana Plaza toll passes 900 Eight people were killed when a fire swept through a clothing factory in Bangladesh, police and an industry association official said on Thursday, as the death toll from the collapse of another factory building two weeks ago climbed above 900. More
Stocks surge to new highs after hiring climbs A big gain in the job market is lifting the stock market to new milestones. The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 15,000 for the first time early Friday, and the Standard and Poor's 500 index, a broader market measure, broke through 1,600 for the first time. More
Unemployment falls to 7.5%; job creation solid in April The job market plugged along steadily, and unemployment fell in April, according to new data out Friday, suggesting that the U.S. economy is still expanding. The nation added 165,000 jobs in April as the unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent, from 7.6 percent in March, the Labor Department said on Friday. More
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MIAMI GARDENS — As defensive lineman Calais Campbell finds fountain-of-youth levels of success at 38 this season with the Miami Dolphins, he is bringing back a sack celebration popular in his younger days.
When Campbell takes down an opposing quarterback, he follows it with a basketball jump shot shooting motion. It happened in his very first regular-season snap with his new team, when he sacked Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence in the Sept.
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
The states that saw the most active attacks against election certification two years ago certified the results of this year’s races without controversy this week, prompting the Arizona secretary of state to proclaim that “election denialism” is a thing of the past.
Others said they weren’t so sure.
Karen Kaplan | (TNS) Los Angeles Times
It’s been two weeks since Donald Trump won the presidential election, but Stacey Lamirand’s brain hasn’t stopped churning.
“I still think about the election all the time,” said the 60-year-old Bay Area resident, who wanted a Kamala Harris victory so badly that she flew to Pennsylvania and knocked on voters’ doors in the final days of the campaign.
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is turning to two officials with experience navigating not only Washington but the key issues of income taxes and tariffs as he fills out his economic team.
Trump on Tuesday announced he has chosen international trade attorney Jamieson Greer to be his U.
Running off at the typewriter. …
OK, all of you nattering nabobs of Napier negativity, you need to get your butts up to the blackboard and write 100 times, “I’m sorry, Billy Napier … I’m sorry, Billy Napier … I’m sorry, Billy Napier.”
I’m talking to all of you Florida Gators fans who booed Napier off the field or went on social media and toxicly blasted the coach and demanded that he be fired two or three games into the season.
WASHINGTON — President elect Donald J. Trump announced on Tuesday night that he would nominate Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor of health policy and outspoken critic of the nation’s public health system, to lead the National Institutes of Health.
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