Friday's December employment report - the last for 2025 - reinforced the biggest theme in the job market last year: It's a hard time to be looking for work, unless you're looking at a few select corners of the economy. "The job market is ending the year with a fizzle rather than a bang," Daniel Zhao, the chief economist at Glassdoor, said. In total, the US added just 584,000 jobs in 2025, a big drop from the past few years.
It's an event so rare that it has only happened 11 times in the past 41 years, and when it's anticipated to run, all of Hawaii turns its attention to the North Shore of Oahu. People arrive a day or two ahead, sleeping in cars or tents on the side of the highway that leads to Waimea Bay and tailgating into the night to claim a sliver of parking. They're waiting to hear if the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational surfing contest, also called the Eddie for short, will get the green light from the lifeguards, who have the final say.
The Department of Health has confirmed that multiple monkeys are on the loose around the vicinity of O'Fallon Park in North City. Original reports suggested there were four animals, but we cannot confirm an actual number at this time, only that there is more than one, Justen Hauser, environmental health bureau chief with the St Louis department of health, said in a statement to the Guardian. We are working to get an idea of where they may be hiding or seeking food.
Many U.S. police departments, including the LAPD, discourage officers from shooting at moving vehicles due to the high risk of stray gunfire. Recent ICE shootings in Portland and Minneapolis have reignited debate over when deadly force against motorists is justified or necessary. Since January 2015, LAPD officers have fired their weapons at least 36 times at vehicles, killing seven motorists or passengers and wounding 12 others.
One reason is that the pandemic brought a sharp shift in household consumption toward goods and away from services. Rural America, the manufacturing heartland, benefited from job growth in 2022 and 2023. That growth slowed by 2024, but legislation like Sen. Todd Young's CHIPS and Science Act offered at least a hint that we might be entering a period of more stable factory employment.
A Massachusetts woman is being charged in connection with an alleged Publishers Clearing House impersonation scam that authorities say bilked a North Carolina man out of roughly $500,000. An arrest warrant for Sabrina Johnson, of Marlborough, was issued on Dec. 22, and she was taken into custody on Dec. 31, according to the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office in North Carolina. She is currently awaiting extradition.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) on Thursday said officers responded to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital shortly before 5:30 p.m. after they received multiple reports about a violent man who was armed with a sharp weapon inside the hospital. The man, later identified as Lynch, was a patient at the hospital. He was admitted on Wednesday, police said. NYPD Assistant Chief Charlie Minch said callers told dispatchers that the man
An investigator with the Albuquerque Police Department filed a criminal complaint in support of the charge, which says a child reported that Busfield touched him inappropriately. The acts allegedly occurred on the set of "The Cleaning Lady," a TV series that Busfield directed and acted in. The child said the first incident happened when he was 7 years old, and Busfield touched him three or four times. Busfield allegedly touched him five or six times on another occasion when he was 8.
The National Park Service has updated its policy to discourage visitors from defacing a picture of President Trump on this year's pass. The use of an image of Trump on the 2026 pass rather than the usual picture of nature has sparked a backlash, sticker protests, and a lawsuit from a conservation group. The $80 annual America the Beautiful pass gives visitors access to more than 2,000 federal recreation sites.
Bijan Robinson just led the entire NFL in scrimmage yards during a wizardly campaign where he rushed for a career-high 1,478 yards, reeled in a career-high 79 passes for 820 yards, and scored a combined 11 touchdowns. It was one of the most impressive seasons in franchise history, and it's now earned him a first-team All-Pro nod. Robinson is the first Falcons first teamer since Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, and Vic Beasley all were honored back during the 2016 season. Jessie Bates, Kyle Pitts, and Chris Lindstrom were all named second-team All-Pros.
Mateo Ventura, 21, was arrested and charged in a complaint on June 8, 2023, and pleaded guilty to one count of concealment of financing of terrorism on Oct. 15. Ventura was convicted of providing multiple electronic gift cards to an individual he believed was an ISIS operative, intending that they be sold on the dark web for under face value with the profits being used to support ISIS.
A 51-year-old San Jose man wanted for five years for failing to register as a sex offender was finally arrested Tuesday in Sacramento, according to authorities. In November, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office shared information about the man as part of its Wanted Wednesday campaign, which in turn generated an anonymous tip with crucial details about his whereabouts, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
Gogic, 46, who remains held without bail at MDC Brooklyn, was set to stand trial on charges in November that he played a key role in an operation that trafficked more than 20 tons of cocaine through U.S. ports. A day before opening statements, though, the trial was thrown into chaos, when prosecutors said they'd learned of a plot to offer a $100,000 bribe to a juror.
Customs and Border Patrol agents shot and injured two people in Portland, Ore., on Thursday, one day after an Immigrations Custom and Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis. Reactions to the shootings, from public protests to online arguments, reflect a deep divide in how they're seen as tragic abuses of power or law enforcement officers acting in self-defense.
A Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court Thursday for his role in creating and distributing videos "depicting acts of extreme violence and sexual abuse against animals," officials said. Garrett Fitzgerald, of Scituate, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty to conspiring to create and distribute the so-called "animal crush videos," federal authorities said.
Just before 3 p.m. Tuesday, the FBI's National Threat Operation Center contacted the Dalton Police Department about a man who called the center and made claims that "sparked mental health concerns," according to the Berkshire District Attorney's Office. The man reportedly told the NTOC that he was paranoid that law enforcement were listening to his phone calls, alleged that he and his family were attacked by organized crime groups, and expressed fears about a "machine" in his basement.
MICHAEL GRADY: Let's join our public address announcer Jedidiah Jones. JEDIDIAH JONES: We are saddened by the tragedy that occurred yesterday in our Minneapolis community in the loss of Renee Nicole Good. Our thoughts are with her family and everyone affected, and our hearts are with our community as we hope for healing and unity during this challenging time. Please join us in a moment of silence. Thank you.
The quarterback said Thursday night that he's decided to stay with the Huskies, a decision that capped a tumultuous week in which Williams had signed with Washington, only to announce he was entering the transfer portal just days later. "I am fully committed and focused on contributing to what we are building," he wrote as part of an Instagram post.
The release states that Nunnenman, previously known as "Western Reserve John Doe," was walking on Western Reserve Road in Boardman, Ohio, on Aug. 12, 1982, when he was struck by a car traveling in the same direction. The 18-year-old driver left the scene but later turned herself in. No identification was found on the victim, and the case soon went cold.
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An Irvine woman already accused of intentionally putting Drano in her husband's drink in 2022 is now also facing attempted poisoning charges in a new grand jury indictment that was unsealed on Thursday, Jan. 8. Dr. Yue Emily Yu, who worked as a dermatologist in Mission Viejo, is alleged to have poisoned her husband's tea while the couple was in the midst of a contentious divorce and child custody battle. Yu has previously denied the allegations.
Fire marshals are investigating the cause of a blaze that tore through a three-story private home in East Flatbush, damaging the first and second floors, officials said. The fire broke out at 611 East 57 St. on Thursday, Jan. 8. Crews from Engine Company 310 and Ladder Company 174 were the first to arrive and encountered heavy fire conditions inside the attached dwelling.
Police in Milford posted a video of a pickup truck doing doughnuts in a snowy parking lot, with the vehicle eventually crashing into an adjacent fence. They say the driver - a 20-year-old who lives in town - is now facing charges: negligent operation of a motor vehicle, wanton destruction of property, and leaving the scene of property damage. Police said Parks Department reported the damage to the bike path fence at Fino Field last Friday morning.
