U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009. At the same time, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — After spending 132 hours below freezing starting at the end of January, it may be easy to assume that January 2026 had to be one of the coldest Januaries ever in Norfolk. But January ...

This past January brought frigid and even record-breaking temperatures to parts of North Jersey and the surrounding area. Throughout the last week of the month, ice could be seen hanging from the ...

No one won the Mega Millions jackpot in the Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, drawing. The winning numbers for the Jan. 30 drawing were 11, 34, 36, 43, 63, and the Mega Ball was 13. A single ticket sold in ...

Only a handful of movies have reached 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and even Taxi Driver has fallen short of that mark. Taxi Driver is one of the new films on HBO Max this month, but it’s not one of ...

If you're ready for your kids to get out of the house and back in class, prepare to be sorely disappointed. Schools have announced closures for Jan. 29, the fourth day in a row. While the heavy snow ...

has arrived with some animal antics! Here's one to make you chuckle. What's the least exciting creature in the animal kingdom? The boar. Check out more jokes here Do you have a joke you'd like ...

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The Dallas Fed released its Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey (TMOS) for January. Factory activity expanded solidly in January after contracting in December. The general business activity index rose ...

Are we nearing a possible government shutdown in January 2026? In the latest shutdown odds by prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi, government shutdown predictions and chances of another US ...

Iowa coach Jan Jensen addressed the injury to one of her senior standouts and where the Hawkeyes go from here. In a massive top-25 in-conference matchup Sunday between No.12 Ohio State and No. 10 Iowa ...

Federal offices and many school districts across the D.C. region will remain closed Tuesday as frigid temperatures have slowed efforts to clean up after this weekend’s exceptional winter storm. The ...