In the farm town where Cooper DeJean drew up football plays for his friends in elementary school, residents are planning a huge party for the Super Bowl. In DeJean's hometown ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in California rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to ...

The United Nations has organized four world conferences on women. These took place in Mexico City in 1975, Copenhagen in 1980, Nairobi in 1985 and Beijing in 1995. The last was followed by a series of ...

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