Nation & World
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PublishedOctober 5, 2018
U.S. unemployment at 49-year low; just 134,000 jobs added in September
Even with unemployment now at a historic low, average hourly pay increased just 2.8 percent from a year earlier.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2018
In op-ed, Kavanaugh says he may have been ‘too emotional’ during testimony
The column appeared in the Wall Street Journal Thursday, and Kavanaugh acknowledged there were "a few things I should not have said" during the hearing.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2018
Former busboy who comforted a dying RFK dies at 68
Juan Romero was 18 years old when Robert F. Kennedy was shot in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles and died in Romero's arms.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2018
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to 2 fighting sexual violence worldwide
Denis Mukwege, a Congolese doctor, and Nadia Murad, a former captive of the Islamic State, were awarded the prize for their work to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2018
Democrats say FBI probe of Kavanaugh was a whitewash
They say that what was more important than what the bureau didn't find was what its agents didn't pursue.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2018
Scientists worry U.S. military might try to weaponize insects
The government says its Insect Allies project is meant to safeguard the nation's food supply, not to create a biological weapon.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2018
South Carolina shooting suspect bragged about gun skills
Frederick Hopkins is accused of shooting seven law enforcement officers, killing one.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2018
Wind power can raise global temperatures, Harvard study finds
While researchers point to short-term detrimental effects to the environment, they maintain that wind is preferable to fossil fuels in the long run.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2018
California startup turns to robots for farm labor
Robots are key to a new wave of agriculture that aims to raise produce in metropolitan areas while conserving water and sidestepping the high costs of human labor.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2018
Amazon’s new $15 minimum wage rankles some of its longtime warehouse workers
Those already earning at least that much will be paid an extra $1 an hour, but they also will lose two valuable benefits, resulting in a net loss overall.
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