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The number of people missing in the Washington state landslide dropped to 13 Friday afternoon as the community remembered the victims with a vigil.
The number of people missing in the Washington state landslide dropped to 13 Friday afternoon as the community prepared to remember the victims with a vigil.
Air National Guard members dramatically parachuted onto a sailboat stranded in the Pacific Ocean overnight, stabilized a "seriously ill" 1-year-old girl and were trying to figure out how to get the boat back to shore, the service said Friday.
The Army says 150 investigators are now trying to uncover exactly what happened and if there were any warning signs.
Airplane maker Boeing on Friday said it had been granted a license from the U.S. Treasury Department to supply spare parts for commercial airplanes to Iran "for safety of flight purposes."The news was first reported by Reuters.
Georgia Tech this week suspended a fraternity over an email that advised its members how to take advantage of women at parties and ended with a sign-off that referred to “luring the rapebait.
Take a look at how torrential rains and snowstorms are affecting states across the country.
Under flags lowered to half-staff, the tough community of Killeen, Texas, gathered Friday night to remember soldiers gunned down by a colleague at Fort Hood.Again.Dozens of people walked in a tribute vigil at a Killeen park for the three soldiers killed on the post by Spc. Ivan A.
One man who lived next door to Ivan Lopez’s childhood home said the military is one of few secure job opportunities for young people.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest numbers this week. Its preliminary number for people on payrolls, reported by private sector establishments, is 116 million. That figure is higher than the last peak in January 2008, before President Obama took office. This marks 49 straight months of job growth from second year of the president’s first term. It took four years and three months for both the president and George W. Bush to get private sector employment back to the level when they took office. The difference is that employment was falling when President Obama took office, so it took an additional year and to make up for the jobs lost during the Great Recession while Bush was still president.
