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The U.S. added just 64,000 jobs in November -- a sign the labor market is slowing

U.S. employers added 64,000 jobs in November, as the pace of hiring continued to slow.  The unemployment rate rose to 4.6%.

Hiring cooled this fall, according to delayed figures released by the Labor Department Tuesday. Employers added 64,000 jobs in November as the unemployment rate rose to 4.6%.

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Rob Reiner's son Nick arrested. And, Brown University shooting suspect image released

Flowers rest on Rob Reiner

Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner's son Nick has been arrested in connection with their deaths. And, authorities have released new images to help identify the gunman in the Brown University shooting.

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The Warner Bros. Curse

An aerial view of the Warner Bros. logo displayed on the water tower at Warner Bros. Studio on Dec. 5, 2025 in Burbank, Calif.

Warner Bros. has a history of disastrous mergers and acquisitions. Can they avoid another bad sequel as Netflix and Paramount battle to buy it?

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Republicans divided on policy toward Afghan immigrants after shooting

Afghan refugee girl Laylama is pictured during a September 2025 interview with AFP in Islamabad, where she was living after President Trump suspended refugee admissions to the U.S.

The signs of Republican pushback come as President Trump has pursued a campaign of mass deportations and crackdown on migration from certain countries.

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Mahmood Mamdani on how Uganda's history shaped his belonging — and his son's moment

Mahmood Mamdani, a Columbia University professor, draws on his experiences of exile and statelessness in Uganda to examine how colonial legacies continue to shape political power.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Professor Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, "Slow Poison." The book is a firsthand report on the tragic unraveling of Uganda's struggle for independence.

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Chain restaurants are hit by tariffs and inflation. How do they control costs?

Tomatillos are among the fresh produce in refrigerated warehouses at the Sysco food distribution center in Houston.

Inflation, rising food prices and the high cost of living has been top of mind for consumers all year. But then Olive Garden offers an unlimited pasta meal or a chain steakhouse restaurant sells a steak dinner with two sides for less than 30 bucks. So, how are chains are able to keep prices as low as they do in this economy?

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Teachers are using software to see if students used AI. What happens when it's wrong?

Ailsa Ostovitz, left, and her mother, Stephanie Rizk, at their home in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. In mid-November, Rizk met with Ostovitz

School districts from Utah to Ohio to Alabama are spending thousands of dollars on these tools, despite research showing the technology is far from reliable.

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Built to spill: The life of a crash test dummy

An assembled crash test dummy sits on a moveable desk in the assembly area at a Humanetics production facility in Huron, Ohio.

Automotive crash test dummies are born in Ohio, brought to "life" near Detroit, and then sent around the world to make cars safer.

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Rob Reiner's son arrested after his parents' deaths, authorities release images of suspected gunman in Brown University shooting, police say Bondi Beach shooting was inspired by Islamic State group.

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Live cameras are tracking faces in New Orleans. Who should control them?

Bryan Lagarde, founder of Project NOLA, stands in front of a wall of screens displaying feeds from the nonprofit

A private non-profit operates over 200 cameras with live facial recognition in New Orleans. The system raises questions about privacy, legal authority and who should control surveillance technology.

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Nick Reiner spoke openly about addiction before arrest

FILE — Actor/Producer/Director Rob Reiner (center) and wife Michele Singer (L) and son Nick Reiner (R) attend Teen Vogue

Years before his arrest, Nick Reiner had been candid about addiction, recovery, and a film he co-wrote based on his life.

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U.S. military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, in Washington.

The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people as scrutiny is intensifying in Congress.

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Retailers didn't pull ByHeart baby formula fast enough after botulism recall, FDA says

FILE - A sign for ByHeart, a manufacturer of organic baby formula, is displayed outside a building that houses a plant for the company on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Portland, Ore.

The FDA says four major retailers including Walmart, Target, Kroger and Albertsons continued to sell ByHeart baby formula products for days or weeks after the Nov. 11 recall.

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'General Hospital' star Anthony Geary of Luke and Laura fame dies at 78

Anthony Geary attends the Disney ABC panel for "General Hospital" at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, July 26, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Anthony Geary, who rose to fame in the 1970s and '80s as half the daytime TV super couple Luke and Laura on "General Hospital," has died. He was 78.

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Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over Jan. 6 speech edit

President Donald Trump speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, in Washington.

The British broadcaster apologized to Trump last month, calling the edit an "error of judgment," but denies its reporting was defamatory.

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Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State group

Rabbi Yossi Friedman speaks to people gathering at a flower memorial by the Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach on Tuesday, following Sunday

A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach was "a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State," Australia's police said Tuesday.

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Trump designates street fentanyl as WMD, escalating militarization of drug war

President Donald Trump signs an executive order classifying fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction," during a ceremony for the presentation of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the Oval Office of the White House on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. D

Trump has already declared the drug cartels terrorist organizations and ordered military strikes against suspected drug boats. Now he's declaring fentanyl a WMD. Experts on street drugs and fentanyl are skeptical these moves will reduce the supply of fentanyl on America's streets or reduce overdose deaths.

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Ford pulls the plug on the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck

NILES, ILLINOIS - JULY 18: A 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning EV is offered for sale at Golf Mill Ford on July 18, 2023 in Niles, Illinois.

Ford says it is "following the customer" in discontinuing its large electric pickup, which was well-received but never profitable. Ford will keep the Lightning name alive as a plug-in hybrid.

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Ford pulls the plug on the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck

NILES, ILLINOIS - JULY 18: A 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning EV is offered for sale at Golf Mill Ford on July 18, 2023 in Niles, Illinois.

Ford says it is "following the customer" in discontinuing its large electric pickup, which was well-received but never profitable. Ford will keep the Lightning name alive as a plug-in hybrid.

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Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly

Mourners gather at the Bondi Pavilion as people pay tribute to the victims of a mass shooting at Bondi Beach.

Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.

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Executions nearly double in 2025 due to dramatic rise in Florida

A gurney in the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla., on Oct. 9, 2014. A report from the Death Penalty Information Center noted a spike in executions in Florida in 2025.

This year, 48 people are expected to be executed in the U.S. Meanwhile, fewer new death sentences are being issued, and public support for the death penalty is at its lowest point in over 50 years.

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Brian Walshe, who searched for crime tips online, is convicted of his wife's murder

Brian Walshe stands in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., on Monday, after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder of his wife Ana in 2023.

Walshe said his wife left town for a work emergency in January 2023. Investigators found items like a hacksaw, bloody rugs and her COVID vaccine card in dumpsters — and chilling searches on his devices.

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ACA shoppers face sticker shock as Congress dithers on health care

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and other Republican leaders discussed health care plans with a vote regarding an extension of the ACA subsidies looming.

With subsidies that help consumers pay their health insurance premiums set to expire, health care shoppers face staggering prices. Lawmakers are running out of time to agree on a solution.

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Roomba maker files for bankruptcy, weighed down by debt and tariffs

Roomba robot vacuums made by iRobot are displayed on a shelf at a Target store in California.

iRobot, the U.S. firm that had robots vacuuming homes, will be taken over by its China-based supplier. It's assuring owners that devices will keep working as usual.

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Trump says Rob Reiner had 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' in post on his death

Rob Reiner speaks onstage at the screening of "The American President" during the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 25 in Hollywood.

Officials are investigating the death of the Hollywood director as a homicide.

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15 killed in mass shooting in Sydney And, Rob Reiner and his wife found dead

Mourners gather to lay flowers at Bondi Beach on Dec. 15, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. Police say at least 16 people, including one suspected gunman, were killed and more than 40 others injured when two attackers opened fire near a Hanukkah celebration at the world-famous Bondi Beach, in what authorities have declared a terrorist incident.

Here's what we know about the mass shooting that left at least 15 people dead. And, authorities found director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, dead in their Los Angeles home.

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Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in Los Angeles home

A police officer blocks off a street near Rob Reiner

Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead Sunday at Reiner's Los Angeles home, according to a law enforcement official.

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FDA commissioner on growing public mistrust of government health advice

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is seen Oct. 14.

FDA Commissioner Martin Makary discusses vaccine policy, COVID-era decisions and the erosion of trust in government health guidance.

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GOP Rep. says ACA subsidy users shouldn't 'pay the price for congressional inaction'

Exterior view of the U.S. Capitol on October 23 in Washington D.C.

Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley of California says a health care proposal from House Speaker Mike Johnson — which is expected to get a vote this week — was "hastily thrown together."

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Houses floated away in this Alaska Native village. Now residents want to move

A building and an all-terrain vehicle are overturned in Kwigillingok, Alaska, in late October. The village was hit by the remnants of Typhoon Halong that month, which caused major damage to homes and displaced most residents.

Kwigillingok, Alaska, has long grappled with erosion and flooding. Residents want to move to higher ground, further inland, especially after the remnants of Typhoon Halong damaged nearly every house.

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