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By PAUL WISEMAN (AP Economics Writer) WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings barely changed in February, staying at historically high levels in a sign that the American job market remains strong. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that employers posted 8.76 million job vacancies in February, up modestly from 8.75 million in January and about what […]

A tugboat pushing a fuel barge has become the first vessel to use an alternate channel to bypass the wreckage of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge. The disaster had blocked traffic along the vital port’s main shipping channel. Officials say the barge supplying jet fuel to the Department of Defense left late Monday and was destined for Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base. Some barges and tugs that have been stuck in the Port of Baltimore since the collapse are also scheduled to pass through the channel. Officials say they’re working on a second channel that will allow for deeper draft vessels but didn’t say when that might open.

The cabinet agreed today to waive toll fees on national motorways 7 and 9 during the Songkran festival. The waiver will last from April 11 to April 17. Deputy government spokesperson,…

Local initiative increases knowledge about lack of access to menstrual products, gathers necessary items.

The Cabinet endorsed the wage committee’s proposal today for an increase in minimum wage, to 400 baht/day, for employees of 4-star hotels in specific areas of 10 tourist provinces, effective…

Due to rising mortgage rates and falling rents, it’s cheaper to rent than buy a starter home in every one of the country’s 50 largest metropolitan areas, according to new data from Realtor.com published Monday. February marked the seventh consecutive decline in rental prices for apartments and small homes, with rents falling by about 0.4 percent compared…