Jobless Claims Fall to a 57-Year Low as Layoffs Stay Scarce
Initial claims dropped to 189,000 last week — the lowest since 1969 — beating forecasts and underscoring a labor market that keeps defying doubts.
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Jobless Claims Fall to a 57-Year Low as Layoffs Stay Scarce
Initial claims dropped to 189,000 last week — the lowest since 1969 — beating forecasts and underscoring a labor market that keeps defying doubts.
70-Year-Old Poet Arrested After Video Shows Him Slapping a Teen Volunteer at a New Hampshire Polling Place
Stephen Redic faces misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct charges after the Election Day confrontation outside a Laconia elementary school went viral.
SpaceX's Gwynne Shotwell Is Giving 2 Million Children a Share of SpaceX Stock
The SpaceX president and her husband will put more than 2 million shares into kids' Trump Accounts in December — the first big test of a new way for billionaires to give away stock.
'Wendell Scott' Actor Charles F. Porter Dies at 47 After 17-Year Cancer Battle
The former Duke football star turned actor and producer died Monday at his home in Calabasas. His family confirmed the death to The Hollywood Reporter.
Thousands of Blood Pressure Pill Bottles Recalled After Tablets Fail Dissolution Tests
The FDA classified Macleods' nationwide recall of a generic three-drug hypertension pill as Class II. Patients should check lot numbers — and keep taking the medicine unless told otherwise.
Two Senate Races Still Uncalled: Colom Leads by 1,138 Votes in Mississippi as Alaska Count Drags On
Democrats are projected to hold at least 54 Senate seats, but the final two races — in Mississippi and Alaska — remain too close to call, with thousands of ballots still to count and ranked-choice tabulation weeks away.
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Stephen Redic faces misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct charges after the Election Day confrontation outside a Laconia elementary school went viral.
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More Business →Jobless Claims Fall to a 57-Year Low as Layoffs Stay Scarce
Initial claims dropped to 189,000 last week — the lowest since 1969 — beating forecasts and underscoring a labor market that keeps defying doubts.
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Voters Reject Data Centers in 40 of 41 Local Ballot Measures in Midterm Rebuke
Voters in 10 states sided against data center construction in nearly every local measure on the November 3 ballot, with Ohio accounting for 21 of the 41 votes.
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Fires Reported on Tankers in Strait of Hormuz as U.S. Strikes Qeshm Island and Mediation Intensifies
Iran's Revolutionary Guard reported two tankers and a tugboat caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, in reports not independently confirmed. The U.S. carried out limited strikes on Qeshm Island, while Qatar stepped up mediation and oil prices kept falling on hopes of a deal.
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More U.S. →Thousands of Blood Pressure Pill Bottles Recalled After Tablets Fail Dissolution Tests
The FDA classified Macleods' nationwide recall of a generic three-drug hypertension pill as Class II. Patients should check lot numbers — and keep taking the medicine unless told otherwise.
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More Entertainment →'Wendell Scott' Actor Charles F. Porter Dies at 47 After 17-Year Cancer Battle
The former Duke football star turned actor and producer died Monday at his home in Calabasas. His family confirmed the death to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Midterms Changed Washington. They Did Not Decide 2028.
Democrats swept both chambers on November 3, but a midterm wave is a very different animal from a presidential election — and both parties would be foolish to read Tuesday as a coronation.
