Despite the looming risk of a recession, not all jobs are vulnerable to a possible downturn, according to a new report from Payscale. Although technology industry layoffs have surged this year, for example, jobs in business services, health care, food services, and recreation and entertainment are likely to grow in 2023, …

After a majority of respondents to one of Elon Musk’s polls concluded that the Twitter CEO should step down and let someone else run the company, Musk said he plans to change the rules of who can vote. Musk, whose affinity for Twitter polls is perhaps second only to his …

A CBS News investigation has uncovered a massive backlog of court cases that has delayed progress on hundreds of thousands of criminal cases across the United States. CBS News obtained and analyzed data from courts and district attorneys’ offices in more than a dozen major American cities and found “pending” …

Anyone following the House select committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol assault has probably heard the name John Eastman, the law professor who was referred to the Justice Department for possible prosecution on criminal charges on Monday.  Eastman allegedly pitched then-President Donald Trump on a scheme described Monday by …

Georgia’s top elections official urged lawmakers on Wednesday to end general election runoffs — this month’s bitter Senate contest was the latest example — but offered no specific proposals, saying there is a “wide range of options.” The push by Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to discard the unusual …

After a year of crushing price hikes, economic signals suggest U.S. inflation is finally — although slowly — cooling. Yet while experts say the worst is behind us, the improvement may feel marginal for millions of Americans, and the road to normality is likely to be long. When the government …

A woman who was imprisoned without parole for killing her daughter by throwing the infant in the trash after giving birth at her college sorority house should be resentenced, a divided Ohio Supreme Court has ruled. The justices also ordered that a different judge should handle the resentencing of Emile …

Washington — A U.S. federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, bowing to the Biden administration’s insistence that the prince was legally immune in the case. District of Columbia U.S. District Judge John D. Bates heeded …

Authorities in Valley, Alabama, have arrested an 82-year-old woman for failing to pay several months’ worth of trash bills.  Martha Louis Menefield was arrested and released on bond Nov. 27, Valley Police Chief Mike Reynolds said in a statement posted to Facebook Tuesday.  In August, Menefield had been issued a …

A former elections manager who prosecutors say assisted in a security breach of voting equipment in a Colorado county pleaded guilty on Wednesday under a plea agreement that requires her to testify against her former boss. Sandra Brown is one of two employees accused of helping Mesa County Clerk Tina …