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A "Help Wanted" sign is posted at a restaurant in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2023. U.S. employers added 311,000 jobs last month, a number that indicates the labor market remains fairly hot.

The job market slowed last month, but it's still too hot to ease inflation fears

U.S. employers added 311,000 jobs in February, only a modest slowdown from the previous month, indicating the labor market remains hot. The unemployment rate rose to 3.6% from 3.4% in January.

Alto Peru, a nonprofit in Peru, runs a surf school for kids in the community.

For these Peruvian kids, surfing isn't just water play

A school in Peru is part of a wave of community-based projects around the world that uses a perhaps surprising method to help kids: surf therapy. And it's not just about physical well-being.

Taking a breather: Fed holds interest rates steady in patient battle against inflation

After 10 straight rate hikes, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday, but hinted that additional rate hikes are possible if inflation remains stubbornly high.

An Israeli airstrike on buildings in Gaza City turns the sky bright with fire and smoke, after a day in which a surprise large-scale attack by Palestinian militants left at least 250 Israelis dead. More than 230 Palestinians have been killed.

All-out war: Israel pounds Gaza after militants infiltrate in a large-scale attack

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to exact an "immense price from the enemy" after Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip used paragliders and other means to infiltrate Israel.

People walk on the Stanford University campus beneath Hoover Tower in Stanford, Calif., on March 14, 2019. Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne said on Wednesday he would resign, citing an independent review that cleared him of research misconduct but found flaws in other papers authored by his lab.

Stanford president resigns after fallout from falsified data in his research

A scientific panel found that Marc Tessier-Lavigne did not directly have a hand in falsifying data, but that he did not properly oversee members of his lab who did.

Kimberley Seals Allers, was inspired to start Irth because of stories she her from many mothers as well as her own experience of bias in the health care system during the delivery of her first child.

'Irth' hospital review app aims to take the bias out of giving birth

Founded by a Black mom, the app gathers reviews by and for people of color about their experience with the health care system during pregnancy and delivery.

Governor Murphy Signs “Seinfeld Bill” Increasing Telemarketing Transparency

TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy today signed S921/A1545, also known as the “Seinfeld Bill,” which requires telemarketers to provide the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the person on whose behalf the call is made within 30 seconds of a call. In an effort to crack down on telemarketers, the bill takes inspiration from a scene in the hit NBC TV sitcom, Seinfeld.

Attorney General Merrick Garland appears before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

AG Garland defends DOJ's Hunter Biden investigation at House Judiciary hearing

Republicans spent the nearly six-hour-long hearing interrogating Attorney General Merrick Garland over the agency's investigations into Hunter Biden and former President Donald Trump.

Pfizer warns of a looming penicillin supply shortage

The shortage comes as there has been a steady increase in rates of syphilis since 2000. Inventory can start depleting as early as this month, Pfizer said.

Carlee Russell, the Alabama nursing student who said she was kidnapped, was charged with two misdemeanors in connection with the hoax, Hoover police announced Friday.

Carlee Russell is charged with kidnapping hoax

It remains unclear why the 25-year-old Alabama nursing student fabricated a story of a stranded toddler and why she went missing for two days.

People with diabetes who were prescribed fruits and vegetables, saw their blood sugar decline significantly. And adults with hypertension saw their blood pressure go down.

Prescriptions for fresh fruits and vegetables help boost heart health

People with diet-related diseases show health improvements when they're given "prescription" produce. A new study shows reductions in blood sugar and blood pressure, key measures of heart health.

Juking the stats, and the state of rap, at the 2023 BET Hip-Hop Awards

The show has always been the biggest dedicated stage for hip-hop. In the year of its 50th anniversary, with chatter of its demise looming, how do those in the building see things?

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