Real 'Fault in Our Stars' couple reunited by hope Katie and Dalton Prager, a young couple who both have cystic fibrosis, celebrated happy news when they reunited Tuesday afternoon after nearly five months apart: Katie is on her way to getting a lifesaving lung transplant. More
8 die in clothing factory fire in Bangladesh as Rana Plaza toll passes 900 Eight people were killed when a fire swept through a clothing factory in Bangladesh, police and an industry association official said on Thursday, as the death toll from the collapse of another factory building two weeks ago climbed above 900. More
Stocks surge to new highs after hiring climbs A big gain in the job market is lifting the stock market to new milestones. The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 15,000 for the first time early Friday, and the Standard and Poor's 500 index, a broader market measure, broke through 1,600 for the first time. More
Unemployment falls to 7.5%; job creation solid in April The job market plugged along steadily, and unemployment fell in April, according to new data out Friday, suggesting that the U.S. economy is still expanding. The nation added 165,000 jobs in April as the unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent, from 7.6 percent in March, the Labor Department said on Friday. More
“True crime” pays, but who pays and who gets the loot? True crime stories are easy to package into a compelling format, but just because creators can churn out true crime, should they? 04/10/2024 - 6:11 am | View Link
Piracy is not a victimless crime Copyright protects the creators behind work and incentivizes them to keep producing it. The widespread prevalence of piracy jeopardizes these very ideas. 04/10/2024 - 4:36 am | View Link
Public safety group finds FBI violent crime data is higher than initially reported The Coalition for Law Order and Safety released its April 2024 report called "Assessing America's Crime Crises: Trends, Causes, and Consequences," and identified four potential causes for the increase ... 04/8/2024 - 5:54 am | View Link
‘The Five’: FBI Is underreporting America’s crime crisis ‘The Five’: FBI Is underreporting America’s crime crisis ‘The Five’ co-hosts discuss how the Biden administration, Democrats and the media are reportedly using unreliable data to ... 04/7/2024 - 10:23 pm | View Link
FBI Data Refutes Trump's Claims of Escalating Crime in the US Jeff Asher, a crime data expert, indicated that the approximately 13% decline in murder would represent the most substantial one-year drop recorded in US data going back to 1960. In conjunction with ... 04/4/2024 - 1:59 am | View Link