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Hiring in the U.S. ended in December with more of a whimper than a bang with only 199,000 jobs added, according to the Department of Labor on Friday. 

Dr. Anthony Fauci would have been eligible for a federal pension of $333,745 per year if he had chosen to retire at the end of 2020, according to reports.

The investigator with the state Department of Children and Family Services was doing a welfare check at a house with six children.

The teenager has been identified as a Gloucester High School, Massachusetts, student named Kurt Ryan.

Friday’s no classes call marked the third consecutive day that Chicago Public Schools canceled classes amid a feud with the teachers union over stricter COVID-19 safety policies.

The stepmother was arrested a day after the child's father was charged with assault of the missing child.

The former youth pastor at First Baptist Church in Goshen will serve 20 years behind bars for molesting boys as young as 11 from 2012 to 2019.

Three human rabies deaths were reported in a span of several weeks.

Eligible Americans who did not receive a stimulus check in 2021 can still claim their money in the new year.

President Joe Biden condemned the attack on the Capitol from a mob of Trump supporters.

Experts believe the emergence of new variants will end once everyone around the world receives the COVID-19 vaccine.

The US hit a record of 951 pediatric Covid-19 Hospitalizations on Wednesday as 3,100 children have been hospitalized in the past week as the Omicron variant continues to surge.

The U.S trade deficit expanded in November by over 19.3% as exports fell behind and import demand jumped amid concerns about COVID-19.

The Wednesday night Powerball jackpot was worth an estimated $630 million with a cash value of $448.4 million.

Initial unemployment claims inched higher in the U.S. to 207,000 for the last week of 2021. These numbers arrive one day before the monthly jobs report arrives from the Labor Department to gauge hiring in last December.

The bartenders are certified to take swabs of customers and others who wish to get tested.

The 16-year-old victim sustained serious bodily wounds, including traumatic head injuries, from the alleged assault, according to the complaint.

An argument reportedly broke out between a carrying a gun and a person waiting in the testing line.

The man got agitated when he was asked to wear a mask and yelled at the staff that the COVID-19 pandemic is a hoax.

The creek runs parallel to Huebner Road, nearly two miles from where the girl was last seen on Dec. 20.

The assault charges stem from an incident when Harmony's father reportedly "bashed" the then-5-year-old girl "around the house" for not taking care of her little brother.

Discussions about possible new payments come amid the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.

Approximately 94% of the community must be immune to the disease to achieve herd immunity.

A lawsuit in the collapse of the Surfside Condo tragedy in Florida is scheduled for March 2023.

George Floyd’s 4-year-old niece was shot after a gunman opened fire on her home on New Year's Day.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday that she is ready to legalize taking home alcoholic beverages from bars and restaurants as part of the state’s economic recovery plans for 2022.

The cause of the fire is still unknown and being investigated. 

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S' top infectious disease expert, said that studies show Omicron to be less severe than the Delta variant, but he said this is no reason to grow complacent as the country faces a COVID case surge.

The firing represents just 1% of Mayo Clinic's staff.