By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers posted 7.6 million job openings in February, a sign that that the job market is slowing but remains healthy. Layoffs of federal workers hit the highest level since the COVID-19 … Continued
By DEVNA BOSE and LINDSEY WHITEHURST A coalition of state attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to cut $11 billion in federal funds that go toward COVID-19 initiatives and various public health projects across the country. Related Articles New … Continued
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson … Continued
By MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press Jury selection began Tuesday in the retrial of Karen Read, less than a year after a judge declared a mistrial on charges that she was responsible for the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend. … Continued
By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are drifting lower Tuesday with uncertainty still high about just what President Donald Trump will announce about tariffs on his “Liberation Day” coming Wednesday. The S&P … Continued
Editor’s Note: The following is excerpted from The Scientist and the Serial Killer: The Search for Houston’s Lost Boys (Random House, April 2025) by Texas Observer Investigations Editor Lise Olsen. The book traces a forensic anthropologist’s decades-long attempt to restore … Continued