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US jobless rate is highest since 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration, the government said in delayed reports. The unemployment rate rose to 4.6% last month, highest since 2021. The ...

Drops for AI stocks drag Wall Street lower

NEW YORK (AP) — More drops for AI stocks dragged the U.S. market lower Wednesday, and Wall Street sank to its fourth straight loss. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% for its worst day in nearly a month, though it's still not far from its all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Oddfellows becomes events venue, with food vendors at week’s end

IRON MOUNTAIN — Jesse and Erica Land have turned the former Oddfellows Restaurant in downtown Iron Mountain into a modern, private event space. They found that running a restaurant and trying to have a family life with their three children was too difficult. They planned to sell to some ...

Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and "boring, honestly," says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in artificial intelligence has lit a spark under long-simmering ...