The Associated Press

By Matt Ott WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped last week, but the total number of those …

By Moriah Balingit WASHINGTON (AP) — Not long after President Donald Trump took office in January, staff at CentroNía bilingual preschool began rehearsing …

By Tracee M. Herbaugh As shoppers flood stores across the country during the year’s biggest shopping season, retail workers are bracing for what many …

By Paul Wiseman WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings barely budged in October, coming in at 7.7 million with ongoing uncertainty over the direction …

By Geir Moulson BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament on Friday approved a pension reform package that had prompted a rebellion in the ranks …

By Matt Ott WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in more than three years last week, …

By Jeffrey Collins A deadly UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky stemmed from corporate choices that favored profits over safety, according to a lawyer who …

By Paul Wiseman WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, the government said, issuing a key economic …

By Dee-ann Durbin More than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers went on strike at 65 U.S. stores Thursday to protest a lack of progress in labor …

By Bruce Schreiner, Hallie Golden And Dylan Lovan LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A UPS cargo plane’s left wing caught fire and an engine …