Chase DoakSpy BalloonBlinken postpones high-stakes Beijing trip after suspected Chinese spy balloon spotted over the U.S. Chinese spy balloon could 'cause civilian injuries or deaths' or 'significant' damage if shot down, Pentagon says Surveillance or weather research? Balloon blows U.S.-China diplomacy off course
Matt Rourke / APCongressHouse Republicans float one spending cut in a debt ceiling bill: Unspent Covid moneyCongress is off to a spectacularly slow start, and members fear it won't get betterMcCarthy describes 'good' first meeting with Biden, but 'no agreements' on debt ceiling
Dallas Zoo via APMonkey BusinessSuspect in disappearance of Dallas Zoo tamarin monkeys is arrested at an aquariumDallas Zoo mystery deepens as missing tamarin monkeys are found in closet of abandoned homeClouded leopard who escaped at Dallas Zoo is found after enclosure was cut, police say
Anna Moneymaker / Getty ImagesJobs ReportDespite layoff headlines, there's still plenty of hiring going on in the U.S. economyU.S. added 517,000 jobs in January as employers drove unexpected hiring surge
CJ Gunther / EPAScience NewsArtic blast could trigger a rare weather phenomenon: Frost quakes Maine braces for minus 60 wind chills as an Arctic blast is forecast for the Northeast
Justin Hayworth / Grinnell CollegeBlack HistoryShe was an education pioneer. At 108, Edith Renfrow Smith shares her life lessons.Our reporter spent the night at a former plantation that now invites visitors to confront a painful past. Here's what he saw.
