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Getty Images/iStockphoto Americans who are looking for a job over the holidays may be in luck: Retailers are ramping up seasonal hiring this year. They’re potentially hiring in greater volume this holiday season, hinting that they expect a busy shopping season, according to new research from Indeed.com. Employers typically start […]

BALTIMORE — Three Baltimore-area private schools have released statements after images of students wearing racially insensitive Halloween costumes went viral over the weekend, CBS Baltimore reports. Two white students appear to be dressed as inmates in one image. The caption uses the n-word and says they “broke out” of jail. […]

Ian Schrager has revolutionized the entertainment and hospitality industries over the past four decades. He first made a name for himself in the 1970s as co-founder of the legendary nightclub Studio 54, a hot spot for celebrity guests. Then in 1984, the entrepreneur introduced the world’s first boutique hotel, and […]

SALT LAKE CITY — Police have captured a man wanted in the fatal carjacking of a University of Utah student. Details on the arrest of 24-year-old Austin Boutain, who is also a person of interest in a recent suspicious death in Colorado, weren’t immediately available.    The fatal carjacking attempt […]

The sun will rise a little earlier for most of us next week, after the end of daylight saving time, but Massachusetts is exploring whether to stay one hour ahead. A state commission plans to vote Wednesday on whether Massachusetts should quit daylight saving and join the Atlantic time zone […]

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that the two Hawaii women who were lost at sea for five months had an emergency beacon aboard their sailboat that was never activated. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Scott Carr told The Associated Press that their review of the incident and subsequent […]

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that the two Hawaii women who were lost at sea for five months had an emergency beacon aboard their sailboat that was never activated. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Scott Carr told The Associated Press that their review of the incident and subsequent […]

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that the two Hawaii women who were lost at sea for five months had an emergency beacon aboard their sailboat that was never activated. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Scott Carr told The Associated Press that their review of the incident and subsequent […]

Last Updated Oct 30, 2017 8:27 PM EDT NEW YORK — Conspiracy theorists are going nuts over the World Series as it turns into a record-breaking home run derby. Records keep falling — as baseballs take flight.  The Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros hit one home run after another […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A defense attorney for a middle school football coach accused of abducting, raping and killing a 10-year-old Missouri girl conceded that his client committed the crimes Monday but contended that the man did not deliberate first, as prosecutors say.  Although Craig Wood has pleaded not guilty to […]