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A man convicted of fatally shooting a Dallas police officer nearly 16 years ago after a high-speed chase was executed on Wednesday. Wesley Ruiz, 43, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, for the March 2007 killing of Dallas Police Senior Cpl. Mark Nix. Ruiz led …

Black Americans are up to five times more likely to have their federal tax returns audited than taxpayers of other races, according to a new study released this week.  With the IRS now accepting tax returns, the study provides evidence that some Americans have a greater risk of seeing an audit, …

U.S. job openings unexpectedly rose in December, a sign the American labor market remains hot and a blow to the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool it down. Openings in December rose to 11 million, up from 10.4 million in November, the Labor Department said Wednesday. Economists had expected job openings …