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U.S. employers likely hired the fewest workers in five months in October, in what would be clearest indication yet that the end of fiscal stimulus and exploding new COVID19 infections were sapping momentum from the economic recovery.

The process of sorting the mailed ballots is onerous. In many states, though not all, the ballots must be verified by matching the voter's signature on the outer envelope with one in a database.

Backers of President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden staged competing demonstrations on Thursday at voting centers in U.S. states where final vote tallies could determine who occupies the White House for the next four years.

Brazil's federal police opened an investigation into the hacking of computers at one of the country's high courts on Thursday.

A judge on Thursday ordered twice daily sweeps at U.S. Postal Service (USPS) facilities serving states with extended ballot receipt deadlines as votes were still being counted in U.S. election battleground states.

Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in the all-important electoral vote count and prevailing in Pennsylvania would put him over the magic threshold of 270 electoral votes needed to win.

Not everyone at the Jersey Shore loves boardwalks.

The world likely cant keep global warming to a relatively safe minimum unless we change how we grow, eat and throw away our food, but we dont need to all go vegan, a new study says.

Some legal experts called the challenges a long shot unlikely to affect the eventual outcome of the election, one of the most unusual presidential races in modern US history due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell only slightly last week, adding to signs that the economic recovery was losing steam as the COVID19 pandemic intensifies and fiscal stimulus ends.

UP Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit asked the principal secretary to look into a plea seeking disqualification of Ansari on grounds of being absent from House proceedings without permission since its constitution in 2017.

According to the police, the incident took place on Tuesday night, when the girl had gone to a temple with her mother. While her mother was offering prayers, the girl started playing outside the temple. Taking advantage, the accused took the girl to an is...

The Philadelphia SE semiconductor index surged 4.1% to hit its own all-time high, while technology and communication services led gainers among S&P indexes.

In another incident, militants shot at and injured Mohammad Aslam, a taxi driver, at Wanpora in Kakapora area, he said. Aslam sustained injuries in his left arm and was taken to the hospital, he said.

General Motors Co posted a strongerthanexpected quarterly profit on Thursday, driven by renewed demand for trucks and SUVs in the United States and China sales, sending its shares higher in premarket trading.

The state has a low ratio of administrative officers to population, a historical anomaly not corrected by successive administrations. This means one IAS officer handling multiple departments, sometimes 5-6. A complex task in normal circumstances. An impos...