Weekly jobless claims unexpected moved higher last week despite hopes that the U.S. labor market is poised for a strong recovery heading into the fall. Initial filings for unemployment insurance totaled 419,000 for the week ended July 17, well above the 350,000 Dow Jones estimate and more than the upwardly revised 368,000 from the previous period, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

China reported second-quarter GDP growth that came in slightly below expectations, while retail sales and industrial production grew faster than forecast in June. The country’s gross domestic product increased 7.9% in the second quarter from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday. That fell short of Reuters’ estimate of 8.1% growth for the April to June period.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office identified a total of 87 individuals spanning 23 states allegedly involved in the coupon scheme.

A team of Korean researchers have made a membrane that can turn saltwater into freshwater in minutes. The membrane rejected 99.99% of salt over the course of one month of use, providing a promising glimpse of a new tool for mitigating the drinking water crisis.

There is so much concrete in the world that soon it will outweigh all living matter – including us.

PayPal Holdings Inc will lift merchant costs for its branded payment products while cutting those for behind-the-scenes processing of some Visa and Mastercard transactions, a bold move in an increasingly competitive digital payments sector.

In his massive two-pound, 600-plus page biography of Leonardo da Vinci, author Walter Isaacson dedicates an entire chapter to the Mona Lisa, its still-mysterious subject, and the intermittent work of “adding tiny strokes and light layers” that stretched across the last 16 years of da Vinci’s life.

Cicadas competing in the Olympics or jamming in a band? How about a line of cicadas waiting in line for vaccinations at CVS? The appearance of the insects known as Brood X, or Brood 10, along the eastern United States after a 17-year hiatus has inspired Virginia professional portrait photographer Oxana Ware to create small-scale art installations, placing the ubiquitous bugs in novel and unexpected settings.

You don’t need to be an angel of altruism to get into volunteer work. It’s totally fine if you’re helping others in part for selfish reasons – you’re still doing some good. And a major reason to help others – as selfish as it may seem – is that doing so is proven to make you happier. When we do good for others, it does us good right back, basically.

Carl Chan was walking in Oakland's Chinatown on his way to meet an Asian elder who had been attacked when a stranger called him a racial slur and hit him on the head. "I am so fortunate to be able to live another day to tell my story," Chan told CNN.

It’s not a new topic that the appearance of the iPhone 13 series that will be released this fall will be changed, and the latest aluminum molds revealed by users have once again confirmed the rumors of the past.

A contingent of Elon Musk’s legions of fans tuned in to watch the hugely popular — and controversial — billionaire tech inventor and entrepreneur make his debut as host of Saturday Night Live. Last night’s telecast, hosted by Musk with musical guest Miley Cyrus, drew a 4.7 household Live+Same Day rating in the 44 metered local markets and a 2.7 adults 18-49 rating in the 25 markets with local people meters.

Sisters with Transistors, a new documentary highlighting women pioneers in early electronic music, offers one portal into the past—hopefully with more to follow.

Choose a good gaming chair to sit for hours playing your favorite video game. To be the king of the game, you have to have a good throne, and here we will help you choose the one that best fits your body.

Elon Musk thinks SpaceX can help NASA meet its ambitious goal of landing astronauts on the moon by 2024. “I think that can be done,” Musk said Friday, speaking after SpaceX launched the Crew-2 mission to orbit for a trip to the International Space Station.