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Two new COVID-19 subvariants — BA.4 and BA.5 — have become the dominant strains in parts of the Midwest, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates released last week.

Nervous employers slashed nearly 50,000 jobs from their payrolls in May, sending the unemployment rate up to 5.5 percent for the month. It was the biggest monthly increase in the rate in 22 years.

Marines belonging to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment — one of the hardest-hit units to deploy to Afghanistan during the war there — last weekend held their first reunion outside San Diego.

The film “9to5: The Story of a Movement” tells the story of women secretaries fighting for fair pay and better working conditions in the early 1970s.

The culprit is air pollution — a problem around the globe, from homes where people cook using coal and wood to the smoky streets of San Francisco when wildfires were raging.

Lee's film, Da 5 Bloods, follows four black veterans who go back to present day Vietnam to bring home the remains of their beloved former squad leader who was killed in combat.

The two major winners of March's elections, the far-right League party and anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, have so far failed to compromise. The crux of talks now: Who should be prime minister?

World leaders are discussing how to get climate change under control, but new reports show the post-pandemic rebound and war in Ukraine are driving emissions even higher.

Despite the long odds of advancing, Ideastream Public Media's sports commentator Terry Pluto said the Eastern Conference Semifinal series has been encouraging, with players stepping up in the absence of Donovan Mitchell and Jarrett Allen.

The average price for a dozen Grade A eggs declined to $5.12 last month after reaching a record $6.23 in March. It was the first month-to-month drop in egg prices since October 2024.