America’s job market recovery picked up some steam in May, with 559,000 positions added back to the economy. It was a second sizable miss of analyst expectations after a big disappointment in April. Economists had predicted 650,000 jobs added in May. The unemployment rate fell to 5.8%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. This
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Russian tennis player Yana Sizikova was arrested in Paris on Thursday evening for sports corruption and fraud in an organized group, two French law enforcement sources have told CNN. She was arrested and taken into custody on Thursday for “sports corruption and fraud in an organized group, concerning acts that may have been committed in
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Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) — Twenty-seven days. That’s how long tenants at a Raleigh apartment complex have to find a new place to live. The units in southeast Raleigh, just off MLK Blvd., were recently sold. The low-income tenants who live there were told last month they have
Continue Reading Hate crimes against Asian people in New York City have increased by 335% this year when compared to the same period last year, according to the latest New York Police Department (NYPD) crime statistics report. From January 1 through May 31, the city recorded 87 hate crimes against Asians, compared with 20 such crimes for
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As a pediatric infectious disease specialist, Dr. Amy Edwards has fielded a lot of questions from worried parents during the pandemic. As case numbers drop — among children, Covid-19 cases have fallen to levels not seen since October — the question she’s getting is: Do younger children really need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 when
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREENVILLE, North Carolina (WTVD) — Four teens died when a box truck crossed a median and hit their vehicle head on in Pitt County. North Carolina State Highway Patrol said it happened on US 264 west of Greenville just a few minutes before noon Thursday. The box truck
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The number of African Americans serving on boards of directors for the nation’s largest corporations has remained dismally low this year despite the ongoing movement to increase C-suite diversity throughout the business world. Some of America’s most prominent companies are addressing the problem by backing the Black Boardroom Initiative, a new program unveiled Wednesday with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A suspect involved in a 29-hour barricade last week in the south valley took a babysitter and a 4-year-old child hostage after drilling a hole between two motel units, according to an arrest report from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. According to police,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — It’s been nearly a month since the disappearance and death of Amari Nicholson. The case of the 2-year-old boy gripped and angered the Las Vegas community. Now a social media army is not stopping their work to help other children. More than 7,500 people
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a new law Friday banning individuals designated as “extremists” from running for public offices, a move condemned by the opposition as an effort to further limit political competition. The new legislation was signed and posted on a government website on Friday, the day which also marks the birthday of jailed
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President Joe Biden on Friday touted the economic progress the US has made in its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic after the government reported 559,000 jobs were added in May. “No other major economy in the world is growing as fast as ours. No other major economy is gaining jobs as quickly as ours. And
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The cameras seem to always be rolling on the Kardashian-Jenner family and now we get a behind-the-scenes look at Kim Kardashian’s breakup with Kanye West. The reality star filed for divorce from the controversial rapper in February, and in a clip from “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” released Thursday, Kardashian is shown getting pretty emotional
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President Joe Biden has entered a critical moment where the decisions he makes will dictate the success of his sweeping $4 trillion legislative agenda — and potentially his first term in office. On its face, that may appear hyperbolic, just four months into Biden’s presidency. But as he continues infrastructure negotiations with Senate Republicans on
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The price of bitcoin sank on Friday after Elon Musk appeared to lament the end of his relationship with the cryptocurrency. The Tesla CEO tweeted a meme about a couple breaking up along with the bitcoin hashtag and a broken heart emoji. The post included lyrics from a song by rock band Linkin Park titled
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Virginia Rose had just turned 14 when the Arabian horse she was riding took off under a guide fence wire. “I fell off and broke my back, and I’ve been in a wheelchair ever since,” Rose told CNN. The accident didn’t stop the enthusiastic teen from engaging in life. She had good friends and parents
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The Biden administration on Thursday announced a plan to share the first 25 million Covid-19 vaccine doses with the rest of the world and an overall framework of distributing at least 80 million doses by the end of June. At least 75% of these donated vaccines will be shared with the global vaccination program called
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The United States faces an uphill battle to meet President Joe Biden’s goal of vaccinating 70% of adults with at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine by July 4, according to a CNN analysis. But the administration continues to push ahead with new programs and initiatives, and key players remain hopeful that the goal will
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It’s not just tourists who invade Florida in the summer. The colorfully named, obnoxious — and sometimes deadly — microorganisms known as red tide and blue green algae also take advantage of the change in temperature to proliferate. And it causes major problems. Both types of algae bloom are starting to make their presence known
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The last time an amateur took the lead after a round in the US Women’s Open was when Jane Park did so at Newport Country Club in 2006. When that happened, Megha Ganne was just a child. Fast forward to 2021 and Ganne — a 17-year-old high school junior — pulled off the same feat
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