Economists and some Federal Reserve officials are increasingly on alert that pain could be on the horizon for American workers amid signs the labor market is losing steam.
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Beryl heads toward Jamaica as major hurricane after ripping through southeast Caribbean
The storm has broken several records, including marking the farthest east that a hurricane has formed in the tropical Atlantic in June.
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Trump seeks to set aside New York hush money verdict hours after Supreme Court ruling
The judge has been asked delay Trump’s sentencing while the former president weighs the high court’s decision and how it could influence the case.
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At 28, Bardella could become youngest French prime minister at helm of far-right National Rally
Since joining at age 17, Jordan Bardella has risen quickly through the party’s ranks.
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Hunter Biden sues Fox News over explicit images featured in a streaming series
NEW YORK — Hunter Biden accused Fox News in a lawsuit of unlawfully publishing explicit images of him as part of a streaming series. The president’s son filed the lawsuit Sunday in state court in Manhattan over images in “The Trial of Hunter Biden,” which debuted on the streaming service Fox Nation in 2022. The […]
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Infant mortality rate rose 8% in wake of Texas abortion ban, study shows
Among causes of deaths, birth defects showed a 23% increase, compared to a decrease of about 3% in the rest of the U.S.
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Maine’s first satellite is ready for orbit, but launch is delayed
MESAT-1, one of 8 nano-satellites set to hitch a ride aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket, will collect climate data for experiments designed by Falmouth, Fryeburg and Saco students.
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How to keep guns off Bourbon Street? Designate a police station as a school
The designation will instantly outlaw gun possession in the surrounding French Quarter area of New Orleans.
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North Koreans are seen wearing Kim Jong Un pins for the first time
Leader Kim Jong Un has recently begun taking steps to boost his own personality cult.
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Animal rescuers save more than 100 dolphins from stranding around Cape Cod
A nonprofit animal welfare group said it was the largest mass-stranding it had dealt with on the Cape during its 26-year history in the area.