[ad_1] New federal labor data shows U.S. workers filed 263,000 claims for unemployment benefits last week, the highest level since October 2021 and another sign the job market is cooling. The Department of Labor reported Thursday that claims for the week ending Sept. 6 were up 27,000 from the previous week’s revised level, a major jump…
[ad_1] High counts of West Nile virus cases are being reported in the U.S. this year, according to federal health data — and health officials are warning the season for this mosquito-borne disease isn’t over yet. As of Sept. 9, at least 771 human cases across 39 states have been reported, according to data posted by the…
[ad_1] California lawmakers are weighing whether to ban a group of chemicals known as PFAS, which are often called “forever chemicals,” in cookware. The move has pulled in celebrity chefs on one side and environmentalists, including actor Mark Ruffalo, on the other. The proposal, Senate Bill 682, would prohibit PFAS in cookware, cleaning products, dental…
[ad_1] Detained workers to return to South Korea South Korean plane to retrieve workers detained at Hyundai plant in Georgia 02:56 Hyundai on Thursday said work on its Georgia battery plant where hundreds of workers were detained in an immigration raid will be delayed by up to three months. Hyundai Chief Executive Officer José Muñoz…
[ad_1] If the challenge of scraping enough money to buy a home in the U.S. weren’t enough amid painfully high real estate prices, the cost of owning a home is also surging. The inflation-adjusted median monthly cost of homeownership in 2024 rose to $2,035, up neary 4% from $1,960 in 2023, according to new Census…
[ad_1] Twenty-four years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, firefighter Bill Spade still remembers every detail of being the last firefighter to escape the collapsing North Tower of the World Trade Center. “I started getting buried and I said goodbye to my wife and I said goodbye to my two boys. And, almost 6-year-old at…
[ad_1] The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is the latest in a wave of political violence. CBS News’ Robert Costa and American Enterprise Institute domestic policy director Matthew Continetti join “CBS Mornings Plus” to discuss what steps can be taken to prevent future attacks. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] A search was continuing Thursday for the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk at an event at Utah Valley University. Kirk, a prominent conservative activist who co-founded the right-wing advocacy group Turning Point USA, was 31. Authorities have not yet identified or apprehended a suspect nor specified a motive, but on Thursday officials revealed…
[ad_1] Artificial intelligence is poised to change how businesses and consumers interact in virtually every industry, including travel, which is ripe for disruption by AI. When the first online trip planning sites emerged in the mid-1990s, they let consumers act as their own travel agents. Decades later, artificial intelligence tools are able to take over…
[ad_1] New York City will pause today and remember the 9/11 terror attacks that forever altered the city and the country. The annual reading of names and moments of silence will be held this morning at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in Lower Manhattan. It’s a somber ceremony when New Yorkers and the nation vow to…
