WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits held steady last week, though continuing claims rose to the highest level in three years. Jobless claim applications ticked down by 1,000 to 219,000 for the week of Dec. 21, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s fewer than the 223,000 analysts forecast. Continuing claims, the total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits, climbed by 46,000 to 1.91 million for […]

Five Palestinian journalists have been killed by an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said Thursday. Israel’s military said it targeted a group of militants allied with Hamas, which ignited the war with its Oct. 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel. The strike hit a vehicle outside the Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Associated Press video showed the burned shell of a van with press […]

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia’s mountain rescuers on Thursday found the body of a Hungarian hiker who got lost in a blizzard in the Alps last week. A Facebook post said that a team located the man in a gorge, who was showing no signs of life, and that the transport of the body is underway. Rescuers descended into the gorge using ropes after a Slovenian police helicopter first flew […]