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1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (322+ words) ATLANTA " United Parcel Service, better known as UPS, plans to cut another30,000 jobs and close 24 facilities in 2026, company management announced Thursday during an earnings call. The announcement came after thecompany declared it made $88.7 billion in revenue during 2025, with an operating profit…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago   (301+ words) WASHINGTON " Earth is closer than it's ever been to destruction as'Russia,'China, the U.S. and other countries become "increasingly aggressive, adversarial, and nationalistic," a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday and advanced its "Doomsday Clock" to 85 seconds till midnight. The Bulletin of…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago   (557+ words) WASHINGTON " Consumer Reports says a new round of testing found that five popular chocolate protein powders had lower levels of heavy metals than many products it flagged in an'earlier investigation. After that reports, readers began asking about brands that Consumer…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago   (373+ words) WASHINGTON " The U.S. remains caught in the grip of bitter cold air"remnants of a major winter storm that swept across the country over the weekend"but people have begun venturing out to shovel snow and get back to stores or…...

2+ hour, 35+ min ago   (922+ words) WASHINGTON " Amazon announced Tuesday it plans to shutter its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go brick-and-mortar stores." "While we've seen encouraging signals in our Amazon-branded physical grocery stores, we haven't yet created a truly distinctive customer experience with the right economic…...

2+ hour, 43+ min ago   (330+ words) WASHINGTON " Thursday marks 40 years since the NASA Challenger space shuttle exploded less than two minutes after takeoff, killing everyone aboard." Jan. 28, 1986, began a day filled with hope and inspiration. Thousands of people watched on televisions across the world to celebrate…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago   (339+ words) DALLAS " It's the end of an era as Southwest Airlines' signature open-seating policy has come to an end." Southwest passengers will have assigned seats starting Tuesday. This marks an end to the Texas-based airline's well-known longstanding policy of allowing flyers…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago   (806+ words) MILAN, Italy " News that a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be part of the security detail for the U.S. delegation during the upcoming Winter Games has set off concern and confusion in Italy, where people have expressed outrage at…...

3+ hour, 49+ min ago   (566+ words) WASHINGTON " An air traffic controller felt a "little overwhelmed" by numerous aircraft around Reagan airport just minutes before an American Airlines jet'collided midair last year with an Army Black Hawk helicopter, killing 67 people, an investigator said Tuesday at a National…...

4+ hour, 36+ min ago   (376+ words) MINNEAPOLIS " The chief federal judge in Minnesota says the Trump administration has failed to comply with orders to hold hearings for detained immigrants and ordered the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear before him Friday to explain why…...