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U.S. employers added 200,000 jobs to payrolls in January, a big improvement from December. The Labor Department report, released Friday morning, showed unemployment unchanged at 4.1%. But there was one surprise: African-American unemployment shot up after hitting a record low in December.

One of the difficult aspects of getting humans to Mars is the need to bring food. Researchers are experimenting with a way to make edible "microbial goo" with help from human waste.

Three years ago, Bryan Gaw performed alongside Katy Perry in a blue shark costume and became an instant hit. Today he says he was playing a character: an everyday, imperfect person.

In comments to a Tulsa radio host in February 2016, then-Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt said he feared President Trump would use executive orders unconstitutionally if he were elected.

Scientists who identified specific brain cells in mice that control anxiety say the discovery could provide insights that might eventually help people with panic disorder and social phobia.

Maybe honeybees get too much attention. They are agricultural animals, like sheep or cattle, and they sometimes make life harder for wild bees. In fact, the bees in true peril are the wild ones.

Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen presided over her last policy meeting this week. After a two-day meeting, the Fed kept its target for a key interest rate unchanged, as analysts had expected.

Brenda Fitzgerald, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is stepping down. This follows reports that she invested in tobacco company stocks after she began leading the agency.

A 12-year-old girl is in custody. Police say both wounded victims are 15 years old, and one is in critical condition. Three more people have minor injuries.

This may be finally be the year for Philadelphia Eagles fans. But after a decades long drought, they're cautiously optimistic that their team can win the Super Bowl and bring home the Vince Lombardi Trophy.