3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (434+ words) Sept. 10 (Asia Today) -- The Bank of Korea is weighing another interest rate increase after South Korea's nominal economic growth surged to its strongest pace in decades while inflation, housing prices and household debt continued to rise. The central bank said…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (259+ words) Sept. 4 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Friday signed two executive orders aimed at strengthening the country's ranching industry. Trump has been facing criticism from beef producers since he waived tariffs on up to 300,000 metric tons of imported beef in an…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (308+ words) Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Nonfarm payrolls increased by 162,000 in August while the national unemployment rate remained firm at 4.1%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports on Friday. Total employment's job boost outpaced the 31,000 monthly job gain average over the past 12 months. August's report…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (174+ words) Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A pig that took up residence in a Detroit neighborhood was captured after an hour-long chase -- and a second swine remains on the loose. Residents in the Hendricks Street area said the two pigs, a male and a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (231+ words) Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The Trump administration launched the Foundry School on Thursday, a new program targeted at training workers in manufacturing and design skills. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke at the launch ceremony for the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (220+ words) Illinois has experienced an unprecedented year for severe weather, with the state tallying more tornadoes than any year in history. And now, another extreme weather record has been officially broken. A hailstone measuring 6.6 inches in diameter found in Kankakee, Ill., on…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (148+ words) Aug. 31 (UPI) -- An Ohio man credited his lucky number -- 13 -- with inspiring the purchase that earned him a $1 million prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket. The Grafton resident told Ohio Lottery officials he doesn't regularly buy $1,000,000 Stacked scratch-off tickets, but he…...

2+ week, 52+ min ago   (121+ words) Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Three Patagonian maras, rodents closely related to capybaras and guinea pigs, were safely recovered after escaping from a Netherlands zoo. The Avifauna bird park in Alphen aan den Rijn said the three large rodents escaped Sunday from a…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (257+ words) Aug. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said the crude oil from Venezuela will be used to "fill up" the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. "One of the things I am going to do with the Venezuelan Oil is fill up the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (372+ words) Aug. 30 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1780, Gen. Benedict Arnold betrayed the United States when he promised secretly to surrender the fort at West Point to the British army. He fled to England where he died in poverty, and…...