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Is a college degree worth the cost? New federal requirements are putting that question to the test. Wake Forest University's ...

Consumer prices in September jumped 3.7% from a year ago. The Social Security Administration said benefits will increase next year to help keep pace with the rising cost of living.

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Factory workers in India are being asked to wear GoPros to record the way they do their jobs. The ultimate goal is to train ...

For many election cycles, civil rights groups and political parties have fanned out to monitor polling places, but the ...

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Pope Leo XIV had surgery on Tuesday to remove a cancerous growth in his lung, the Vatican announced.