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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday announced a 20 percent pay raise by the 2020 school year.

Arizona Governor Agrees To 20 Percent Raise For Protesting Teachers

Gov. Doug Ducey gave in to some of the educators' demands and promised to boost teacher salaries in increments over three years.

Traders gather on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor on Sept. 30. Major U.S. stock indexes rose Wednesday after President Trump said he'd be willing to consider economic relief measures. Trump earlier had called off such talks with lawmakers.

Stocks Surge After White House Says It's Open To Pandemic Aid After All

Stocks reversed Tuesday's losses amid word that the Trump administration was considering stand-alone bills to aid airlines and small businesses. The president had called off talks on a relief bill.

Tropical Storm Zeta is poised to develop into a hurricane and is expected approach the Gulf Coast on Wednesday.

Gulf Coast Braces As Tropical Storm Zeta Poised To Become Hurricane

The 27th named storm of the season promises heavy rain and damaging winds. It's set to make landfall in the U.S. on Wednesday.

Sunday Puzzle: You Can't Spell Consonant Without C Or T

Bernie Speevack of Louisville, Ky., plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Opera Project Columbus Celebrates Conductor Alessandro Siciliani

A number of years ago, two dedicated opera lovers — Julie Castrop and Heather Spence — built a new company called Opera Columbus around Alessandro…

North Carolina Politics Mirror Country

President Trump heads to Charlotte, N.C. to rally supporters for Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris, who is caught in a tight race against Democrat Dan McCready.

Sears Holdings Corp., which operates Sears and Kmart, said Thursday that it is closing 72 more of its stores. Here, shoppers look for deals at the last remaining Sears store in Chicago before it closes this summer.

Sears Will Close 72 More Stores, After Quarterly Sales Drop Nearly 12 Percent

Sears Holdings Corp., which controls both Sears and Kmart, says it has "identified approximately 100 non-profitable stores."

A worker installs a door on a 2018 Ford F-150 truck at an assembly plant in Dearborn, Mich., on Sept. 27. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent in September, a nearly 50-year low.

U.S. Unemployment Rate Drops To 3.7 Percent, Lowest In Nearly 50 Years

The jobless rate last month was the lowest since 1969, though the economy added a less-than-expected 134,000 jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. Wage growth slowed to a 2.8 percent rate.

Firefighters work to rescue residents and put out a fire after a Russian missile hit an apartment building in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Sunday morning. As President Biden and other leaders of the Group of 7 nations meet in Germany, Russia has unleashed a barrage of airstrikes across Ukraine over the weekend.

Russia bombs Kyiv in a weekend missile barrage across Ukraine

A Russian missile slammed into the top floor of an apartment building in the capital, killing at least one person and injuring several others.

Clouds surround downtown Phoenix at sunset on July 30, 2023.

End may be in sight for Phoenix's historic heat wave of 110-degree-plus weather

On Sunday, it was the 55th day this year that the official reading at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport hit 110 degrees. But the end may finally be in sight for residents of Arizona's largest city.

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