A report found that the manufacturing sector contracted in June for the first time in three years, while economists predict the unemployment rate will hover around 6 percent or higher for years to come.
Ashley Perkins of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., stands in line at a job fair in Detroit in June. The U.S. economy continued its sluggish performance in June as employers added only 80,000 jobs. The unemployment rate stayed at 8.2 percent.
Johnathon Carrington graduated Friday as the valedictorian of his neighborhood school, Dunbar High, and is headed to Georgetown University. But Carrington, 17, is nervous, and so are...
The Grand Medieval Joust at Eltham Palace, an English Heritage property that was the childhood home of King Henry VIII, aims to lend insight through reenactment into life at the palace...
With the Confederations Cup opening this week and the World Cup one year away, all eyes are on Brazil, where soccer is arguably played with more passion and art than anywhere else....
A decades-old backyard barbecue in Northeast Washington draws hundreds in honor of dads everywhere. “It’s off-the-chain fun,” says Butch McNair, who has worked one...
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