Final 2025 Social Security payments arrive this week despite Trump's holiday executive order

The last Social Security benefit of 2025 will be dispersed this week, and January's SSI check comes next week. Learn how the ...

US raises 'self-deportation' payout to $3,000 through 2025, DHS says

The initiative, which DHS called a "holiday stipend," comes as federal officials struggle to interest people in a program that they've invested $200 million into.

Takeaways from AP's report on a beef plant closure that threatens to unravel a small Nebraska town

Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000. Nearly a third of the town’s population will be out of work, ...

VIA Labs Expands Connectivity Portfolio with New Line of Industrial-Grade USB Hub Controllers

VIA Labs, Inc. (VLI), a leading supplier of USB4, SuperSpeed USB, USB 2.0, and USB Power Delivery Controllers, announced its ...
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Chemists create a gold nanocluster with an open channel running through its atomic core

A 40-atom gold nanocluster breaks from gold's signature dense packing, forming square atomic planes with a central channel that accelerates electron relaxation about 80x.

A small town's American Dream is at risk. What happens when its biggest employer shuts down?

Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000. Nearly a third of the town’s population will be out of work, ...

US stocks rise at the start of a holiday-shortened week

Stocks are rising modestly on Wall Street at the start of what’s expected to be a quiet holiday week. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% in morning trading Monday. The index is just below the all-time high ...