Employers added 175,000 jobs in April, marking a slowdown in hiring U.S. unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.9% in April, continuing a stretch of remaining under 4% for 27 months. 05/3/2024 - 4:22 am | View Link
Deadline fast approaching for domestic violence support workers target A commitment to hire hundreds of domestic violence support workers is yet to be met just weeks from the deadline.In recent days, political leaders have declared violence against women a "national ... 05/2/2024 - 8:05 am | View Link
US Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged, what’s next for banks and customers? With the US Federal Reserve’s announcement Wednesday to hold interest rates steady at a target benchmark of 5.25-5.50%, broad implications of this decision are starting to line up across the financial ... 05/2/2024 - 12:05 am | View Link
Amazon earnings preview: Advertising and AWS expected to continue fueling profits Amazon is expected to report Q1 revenue of $142.7 billion and earnings per share of $0.83. In the year-ago quarter, Amazon reported revenue of $127.4 billion and earnings per share of $0.31. 04/29/2024 - 4:29 am | View Link
Scam Alert: fake Illinois State Police calls target St. Louis residents ILLINOIS — If you get a call from someone who says they are an Illinois state police investigator, hang up. It’s a scam. Police say someone pretending to be an ISP investigator is calling ... 04/27/2024 - 1:44 am | View Link
The Rockies, oh so desperately needed someone to make a big splash.
Two players delivered Friday night — one of them literally — in the Rockies’ 3-2 win over the Pirates at PNC Park.
Ryan McMahon led off the Rockies’ three-run sixth inning with a 445-foot homer that splashed down in the Allegheny River.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.