First-time claims for unemployment benefits slipped last week by 6,000 to 462,000 for the week ending March 6. The total nearly matched analysts' estimates and was the second straight drop. Here the states with the largest increases and decreases in claims. The state data is one week behind ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with plotting to kill a Swedish man and trying to recruit fighters via the Internet to commit violent attacks overseas, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. Colleen LaRose, who also went by the pseudonym of "Fatima LaRose" and "JihadJane," was charged with conspiracy to commit murder overseas, conspiracy to provide ...

A US woman operating online under the name "JihadJane" has been indicted for recruiting people in the United States, Europe and Asia in a bid to carry out terror plots. Pennsylvania resident Colleen LaRose, 46, faces charges of "conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists," among other charges, the indictment said. She sought to recruit men and women, to raise ...

A US woman operating online under the name "JihadJane" has been indicted for recruiting jihadist fighters in the United States, Europe and Asia in a bid to carry out terror plots. Pennsylvania resident Colleen LaRose, 46, faces charges of "conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists," among other charges, the indictment unsealed Tuesday said. She sought to recruit men and ...