WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, but remained at levels consistent with a healthy labor market.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 217,000 for the week ended Jan. 11, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had ...

On December 3, a section of Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point was closed after a spill of 3,375 gallons of sewage into the sea. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that there are at least ...

Coastal waters will be closed for swimming, diving and surfing from Laguna Beach’s Treasure Island beach to Aliso Viejo’s Table Rock because of a sewage spill, Orange County health officials ...

A small sewage spill closed a portion of La Jolla Shores on Wednesday, the San Diego County Department of Environmental and Quality said, but testing allowed the beach to reopen on Thursday.

The incoming Trump administration has announced two key appointments to the Department of Labor (DOL) leadership team, transitions that will impact workplace regulations and enforcement priorities.

Although as William Bowe has pointed out, this was down to an unusual preference allocation, with Labor’s primary vote actually having lifted. Bowe’s BludgerTrack poll aggregator — the only ...

(AP) — An emergency task force arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Sunday as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from two storm-stricken tankers continues to spread a month after it ...

Once the contract is signed, labor often goes on the back burner — until the next negotiation two or three years later. Frontline workers are closer than management to daily operations and know ...

The failure of the Labor government to unconditionally condemn ... By contrast, Peter Dutton has provided leadership and moral clarity. Whether it’s been his trip to Israel to pay respect ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An oil tanker that burned for weeks in the Red Sea after being attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels and threatening a massive oil spill has been salvaged, a security ...

MOSCOW, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Emergency workers toiling to clean up an oil spill in the Black Sea have detected seven new slicks, a Russian official told the TASS state news agency on Friday ...