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Workers with the Living United for Change in Arizona organization canvas a south Phoenix neighborhood in October to advocate for the passage of Proposition 206, which would increase the state's minimum wage. The measure was approved on Tuesday.

4 States Opt To Raise Minimum Wage; 7 Loosen Marijuana Laws

California and Washington passed stricter gun control measures, Nebraska and Oklahoma both passed measures backing the death penalty, and Colorado became the sixth state to legalize assisted suicide.

A nurse fills a syringe with Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Pasadena, Calif., on Thursday.

J&J Says A Booster Shot For Its Vaccine May Have Big Benefits

Johnson & Johnson said that when it gave study participants a second jab after six months, their antibody levels were nine times higher than they were 28 days after a first dose of the COVID vaccine.

Signs with the message 'Now Hiring' are displayed in front of restaurants in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on March 19.

Employers continue hiring spree even as war in Ukraine ratchets up economic fears

U.S. employers added 431,000 jobs in March, as the unemployment rate fell to 3.6% from 3.8% in February. The tight job market is putting upward pressure on both wages and prices.

FBI Director Testifies On Capitol Insurrection

FBI Director Christopher Wray is being questioned by lawmakers about the bureau's response to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and the rising threat from domestic violent extremists.

Here's how Stephen Colbert says his staff members got arrested on Capitol Hill

Some of Colbert's production staff were detained on Thursday while filming a puppet segment in a congressional building. He said it was a "simple story" that conservative media twisted.

A "Help Wanted" sign is posted at a restaurant in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2023. U.S. employers added 311,000 jobs last month, a number that indicates the labor market remains fairly hot.

The job market slowed last month, but it's still too hot to ease inflation fears

U.S. employers added 311,000 jobs in February, only a modest slowdown from the previous month, indicating the labor market remains hot. The unemployment rate rose to 3.6% from 3.4% in January.

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