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A woman in a red coat holds up a sign that says, “Shouldn’t hurt to be a nurse.”
Health care has been propping up a shaky labor market. For the first time in over four years, the sector shed thousands of jobs

Without health care and social assistance jobs, the U.S. labor market would have seen a plummet of about 570,000 jobs in 2025.

By Sasha RogelbergMarch 9, 2026
Real Madrid player Jude Bellingham pours water on his face during a break
The 2026 World Cup will bring a uniquely American sports tradition to the beautiful game: Mid-match ad breaks
By Tristan BoveMarch 9, 2026
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U.S. intel assessment: Iran regime change was unlikely in either short or long war, sources say
By Michelle L. Price, Mary Clare Jalonick and The Associated PressMarch 9, 2026
Paris Hilton poses on the red carpet.
After losing her Malibu home, Paris Hilton is raising $1 million to get women-owned businesses back on their feet
By Gabriela Aoun Angueira and The Associated PressMarch 9, 2026
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Trump promised to fill America’s oil reserves ‘right to the top.’ A year later, oil has exceeded $100 and they’re still less than 60% full
By Tristan BoveMarch 9, 2026
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Billionaire Peter Diamandis offers $3.5 million to filmmakers who portray AI as the hero—not the villain
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 9, 2026
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InvestingOracle is under pressure from more than $100 billion in debt and massive layoffs as it pushes ahead with Larry Ellison’s 3-step transformation 
By Amanda GerutMarch 9, 2026
EnergyStocks stage massive upside reversal as oil plunges after Trump says Iran war could be over soon
By Eva RoytburgMarch 9, 2026
EnergyTrump says war to end ‘very soon,’ floats removing oil sanctions
By Kate Sullivan, Josh Wingrove and BloombergMarch 9, 2026
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CommentarySomething will cause inflation to go up this year, but it’s not oil
By Steve H. Hanke and John GreenwoodMarch 9, 2026
AINobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz warns AI’s hunger for internet comments could degrade the world’s ‘information ecosystem’
By Catherina GioinoMarch 9, 2026
People wait outside a building
AIAI layoffs are coming. The problem may be compounded because nearly 75% of people don’t apply for unemployment benefits
By Jacqueline MunisMarch 9, 2026
CryptoStrategy buys $1.3 billion of Bitcoin using mostly common stock
By Melos Ambaye and BloombergMarch 9, 2026
Personal FinanceHow to invest in gold: 6 ways to buy this precious metal
By Joseph HostetlerMarch 9, 2026
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RetailEconomists surprised by consumer spending’s screeching halt in December
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressFebruary 10, 2026
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PoliticsHoward Lutnick admits to more Jeffrey Epstein meetings than previously known under questioning from Democrats
By Stephen Groves and The Associated PressFebruary 10, 2026
Investor Warren Buffett, pictured during a trip to Japan in 2011.
InvestingWarren Buffett’s big bet on Japan earned Berkshire Hathaway $24 billion in just 6 years
By Tristan BoveFebruary 10, 2026
Head coach Mike MacDonald
SuccessSeahawks head coach turned down a cushy career in finance at KPMG for a football internship—12 years later, he won the Super Bowl at 38
By Emma BurleighFebruary 10, 2026
(L-R) Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and US President Donald Trump attend the draw for the 2026 FIFA Football World Cup taking place in the US, Canada and Mexico, at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2025.
EconomyTrump’s Canada bridge meltdown dismissed by UBS as an unlikely TACO trade ‘in the post–Heated Rivalry environment’
By Eleanor PringleFebruary 10, 2026
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EnvironmentThe drought in the western U.S. is about a lot more than ski season
By Dorany Pineda, Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressFebruary 10, 2026
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PoliticsDr. Oz pleads with America: ‘take the vaccine, please’ as measles soar on RFK-led revival
By Matt Brown and The Associated PressFebruary 10, 2026
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LawComing soon to the Olympics and your kid’s college: flag football
By Maura Carey and The Associated PressFebruary 10, 2026
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LawSports goes cringe to chase Gen Z, from celebrating 67-point scorelines to posting Italian brainrot videos
By Jay Cohen and The Associated PressFebruary 10, 2026
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BankingYour Coke cost 4% more in North America last quarter, and just 1% more globally
By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated PressFebruary 10, 2026
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PoliticsTexas ramps up effort to keep Mexican flesh-eating parasite away from its cattle ranches
By John Hanna, Eric Gay and The Associated PressFebruary 10, 2026
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PoliticsPeople really did have a kind of millennial optimism in 2016, Gallup finds, as hopes for the future fade
By Linley Sanders and The Associated PressFebruary 10, 2026
A memorial for Nancy Guthrie
PoliticsSavannah Guthrie pleads ‘we will pay’ as search for her missing mother continues after a week
By Ty O'Neil and The Associated PressFebruary 9, 2026
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RetailEddie Bauer’s retail operator declares bankruptcy as younger shoppers view the brand as ‘old-fashioned and a bit irrelevant’
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressFebruary 9, 2026
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C-SuiteMeet Jody Allen, the billionaire owner of the Seattle Seahawks, who plans to sell the team and donate the proceeds to charity
By Jake AngeloFebruary 9, 2026
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InvestingWhy you shouldn’t worry about AI eating the stock market, top analyst says. The U.S. economy is ‘about to take off’
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 9, 2026
A man walks by the San Francisco Unified School District administrative building.
North AmericaClassrooms close as San Francisco teachers launch first public school strike in nearly 50 years
By The Associated PressFebruary 9, 2026
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LawUber ordered to pay $8.5 million after being found liable for sexual assault in landmark jury verdict
By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Hallie Golden and The Associated PressFebruary 9, 2026
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SuccessSuper Bowl champion Sam Darnold says his plumber dad played with him every day after work, no matter how tough his day was—and that taught him resilience
By Emma BurleighFebruary 9, 2026
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North America3 Doors Down singer Brad Arnold, famous for ‘Kryptonite’ hit in 1995, dead at 47 of kidney cancer
By The Associated PressFebruary 9, 2026
A girl carrying a bag of tennis balls and a tennis racket gets into the backseat of a car.
North AmericaLyft introduces feature to help get teenagers out of the house: ‘The problems of 2026 are social isolation and too much screen time’
By Sasha RogelbergFebruary 9, 2026
InvestingDon’t get comfortable with the global stock rally today: Goldman’s Panic Index is approaching ‘max fear’
By Jim EdwardsFebruary 9, 2026
Arts & EntertainmentSuper Bowl ads go for silliness, tears and nostalgia as Americans reel from ‘collective trauma’ of recent upheaval — ‘Everybody is stressed out’
By Dee-Ann Durbin, Mae Anderson, Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressFebruary 8, 2026
PoliticsTrump calls U.S. Olympian a ‘real Loser’ as athletes speak out against administration policies, while Jake Paul tells critics to ‘live somewhere else’
By Fernanda Figueroa and The Associated PressFebruary 8, 2026
HealthDr. Oz begs Americans to get inoculated against measles as outbreaks spiral around the country. ‘Take the vaccine, please’
By Matt Brown and The Associated PressFebruary 8, 2026
InvestingGambling stocks sag as prediction markets steal Super Bowl bets
By Peyton Forte, Denitsa Tsekova and BloombergFebruary 8, 2026
bad bunny
Arts & EntertainmentHow Bad Bunny went from Super Bowl supporting act to headliner with ticket sales to rival Taylor Swift’s
By Jake AngeloFebruary 8, 2026
PoliticsMinnesotans say immigration agents are impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers and anti-ICE activists
By Jake Offenhartz and The Associated PressFebruary 8, 2026
C-SuiteWashington Post publisher to step down after big layoffs as union calls his legacy ‘attempted destruction of a great American journalism institution’
By David Bauder and The Associated PressFebruary 8, 2026
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CommentaryI’m the chief growth officer at a payments app and I know how America really tips. Connecticut, I’m looking at you
By Ricardo CiciFebruary 8, 2026
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Gen Z graduates who majored in ‘AI-proof’ careers like pharmacy, biology, and education are making less than $50,000 after graduationAn image of a popular article
By Emma BurleighMarch 6, 2026
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Billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg used mortgages to buy multimillion-dollar mansions. Here’s why that’s a savvy financial decisionAn image of a popular article
By Sydney LakeMarch 9, 2026
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This AI founder who quit her 9-to-5 law job has a warning for anyone dreaming of doing the same: 'I'm working harder now than I ever did'An image of a popular article
By Emma BurleighMarch 8, 2026
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