Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman in a red jacket speaking to a man in a suit Reps. Terri Collins, R-Decatur (left) and Steve Clouse, R-Ozark (right) speak ...

As the backlog has grown for many employment-based U.S. visas, applications have skyrocketed for the so-called "Einstein visa" reserved for people who can show extraordinary ability in their fields.

A bill that would "eliminate the H-1B program," which helps U.S. companies hire highly skilled foreign workers, was among Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's final two final pieces of proposed ...

GALESBURG, Illinois — Applications are now open for Galesburg's Housing Repair Assistance Program, which assists low- to moderate-income individuals with home maintenance. The program was introduced ...

On most mornings, Taylorsville resident Jan Rubenstein takes a walk through her neighborhood, looping down her street, then through the woods. And almost every time, Rubenstein comes back with a ...

CHAPEL HILL — The second year of the Bill Belichick era at the University of North Carolina carries with it even more questions than the first did. The biggest one: Will it include more victories?

A leader on the General Assembly’s budget panel pledged Thursday to propose a state-funded nutrition benefit for the tens of thousands of residents expected to lose federal SNAP assistance by March 31 ...

A box of food ready to be picked up by families in need at Harvest Hope food bank in Columbia, South Carolina on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. To help stop the spread of the coronavirus, the food bank did ...

The House on Wednesday voted to pass a bill that could imprison health care providers for providing gender-affirming care for minors. The bill — titled the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act” and ...

The U.S. House has passed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) so-called Protect Children’s Innocence Act, a bill to ban and criminalize gender-affirming care for minors nationwide. It passed 216-211, ...

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Artist’s rendering of the Columbia-class SSBN submarine. US Navy image Lawmakers are allowing the Navy flexibility in how it purchases the next two aircraft carriers and five ballistic missile ...