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Job applications and information for the Gap Factory Store sit on a table during an October job fair at Dolphin Mall in Miami.

U.S. Economy Adds 287,000 Jobs In June, Exceeding Expectations

The U.S economy added 287,000 jobs in June, according to the monthly report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Analysts had expected the economy to add some 170,000 jobs.

Passengers wait in line to be screened at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Monday.

Backyard Vacations Are So 2009. Summer '16 Air Travel Expected To Set Record

The airline industry predicts it will see a 4 percent increase in passengers between June 1 and Aug. 31. The travel rush is contributing to the long waits at airport security checkpoints.

GOP Rep. Bill Cassidy and Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu face off in a Dec. 6 Senate runoff. Both are pushing for legislation approving the remaining leg of the Keystone XL pipeline between Alberta, Canada, and Steele City, Neb.

How Many Louisiana Jobs Are Actually At Stake In Keystone Debate?

Momentum to push legislation approving the oil pipeline is getting a boost from the Dec. 6 Louisiana Senate runoff — even though the unbuilt portion of pipeline wouldn't run anywhere near the state.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., joins fellow anti-abortion activists in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices hear hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, on Dec. 1, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Facebook suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's account over COVID misinformation

The 24-hour Facebook suspension came a day after Twitter permanently suspended the Republican's personal account on that platform.

Drummer Howard Grimes, who played for Al Green and Ann Peebles, was a foundation of 1970s Memphis soul.

Drummer Howard Grimes, the backbone of Memphis soul, dies at 80

His beats on songs including Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" served as a crucial foundation for the burgeoning Memphis soul sound of the 1970s.

U.S. Capitol Police ordered the evacuation of the Capitol complex after an unidentified single-engine plane was spotted in a restricted airspace. The plane was part of a planned military flyover of nearby Nationals Park, though the Capitol Police had not been given advance notice of the flight.

U.S. Capitol Police say an 'extremely unusual' oversight triggered Capitol evacuation

The evacuation was prompted after a plane tied to a planned flyover of nearby Nationals Park entered restricted airspace. The Capitol Police had not been given advance notice of the approved flight.

Kashmir, near the epicenter of a devastating earthquake, is home to more than 10 million people, as many as a third of whom have been left homeless.

Earthquake in Kashmir, Land of Upheaval

Kashmir, near the epicenter of a devastating earthquake, is a land of both political and geologic unrest.

An Iraqi soldier stands guard June 10, 2006, at the scene of the air strike that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in Hibhib, Iraq. Bulldozers cleared part of the site and filled a 40-foot-wide crater left by the bombing.

U.S. Military: Zarqawi Died from Bomb Blast

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi lived for 52 minutes after a U.S. warplane bombed his hideout northeast of Baghdad, and he died of extensive internal injuries consistent with those caused by a bomb blast, the U.S. military said Monday.

High Toll Feared as Quake Strikes South Asia

At least 1,000 people are believe dead in Pakistan and India after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 hit early Saturday morning. The quake was centered about 60 miles north of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.

The Cleveland Orchestra's concert at Carnegie Hall on May 23, 2012 was originally scheduled to include Shostakovich's Symphony No. 6, Kaija Saariaho's 'Laterna Magica,' and Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 with Yefim Bronfman. However, after Bronfman cancelled due to illness about 24 hours before concert time, violinist Gil Shaham stepped in to play the Brahms Violin Concerto.

Carnegie Hall Live: The Cleveland Orchestra Plays Brahms And Shostakovich

Violinist Gil Shaham joined conductor Franz Welser-Möst and the orchestra for Brahms' Violin Concerto plus the Shostakovich Sixth and the New York premiere of Kaija Saariaho's 'Laterna Magica.'

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