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Iran claimed to have shot down an American F-15E fighter jet Friday and asked for the Iranian public's help to find the crew, while U.S. forces have reportedly mounted a rescue operation to find the personnel before they're captured.

Never mind microchipping your dog. Some companies are giving employees microchip implants that give them access to facilities, company accounts and vending machines with the wave of a hand.

More than 3.1 million bottles of eye drops sold at major retailers nationwide are being recalled over concerns about their sterility, the Food and Drug Administration said.

President Trump is asking Congress to boost defense spending to $1.5 trillion, the largest such request in decades and the latest signal of the president's emphasis on U.S. military investments over domestic programs.

U.S. employers added 178,000 jobs in March, far surpassing expectations.

Rahm Emanuel has been telling audiences that plenty of rivals have learned the hard way what happens when they get in his way.

A local channel of Iranian state television said Friday that a U.S. fighter pilot ejected from their aircraft over southwestern Iran. The U.S. did not respond immediately to requests for comment.

Iran fired on targets Friday across the Middle East, damaging a desalination plant and setting a refinery ablaze in Kuwait, while American and Israeli airstrikes hit the Islamic Republic as the war neared the end of its fifth week.

The Pentagon's Strategic Capabilities Office is launching an initiative to wage cognitive warfare -- nonkinetic military operations short of major destructive conflict.

French President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung agreed Friday to work together to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and ease global economic uncertainties caused by the war in the Middle East.