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Fewer and fewer people apply for unemployment

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week reflecting a low number of layoffs across the economy. Jobless claims fell by 18,000 to 215,000 for the week ending February 26, from 233,000 the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Sponsored: 9 drugs now linked to form of “dementia”? The… Read More

Purdue Pharma agrees to new opioid settlement with U.S. states

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a settlement Thursday over its role in the opioid crisis that includes virtually all U.S. states and thousands of local governments, with the Sackler family members who own the company boosting their cash contribution to as much as $6 billion. The deal follows an earlier… Read More

States reckon with vaccine stockpile as demand falls

As demand for COVID-19 vaccines collapses in many areas of the U.S., states are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire and have to be added to the millions that have already gone to waste. From some of the least vaccinated states like Indiana and North Dakota, to… Read More

Amelia Earhart’s helmet sells for $825,000

A leather helmet that Amelia Earhart wore on a flight across the Atlantic in 1928 and later lost in a crowd of fans in Cleveland has sold at auction for $825,000. The helmet went to an anonymous bidder in an online-only sale that closed Sunday, a spokesperson for Heritage Auctions… Read More

Hunter Biden’s business partner sentenced to jail

Devon Archer, a former business partner of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, was sentenced to federal prison for a year and one day by Manhattan Judge Ronnie Abrams on Monday. Archer was sent to jail over his plan to defraud the Oglala Sioux tribe of almost $60 million. He was… Read More

Powell says the Fed will raise interest rates this month

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made clear Wednesday that the Fed will begin raising interest rates this month in a high-stakes effort to restrain surging inflation. In prepared testimony he will deliver to a congressional committee, Powell cautioned that the economic consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are “highly uncertain.”… Read More

China says it won’t join in sanctions on Russia

China won’t join the United States and European governments in imposing financial sanctions on Russia, the country’s bank regulator said Wednesday. China is a major buyer of Russian oil and gas and the only major government that has refrained from criticizing Moscow’s attack on Ukraine. How people achieved an average… Read More

Big Tech cracks down on Russia’s state-owned channels

As Russia’s war in Ukraine plays out for the world on social media, big tech platforms are moving to restrict Russian state media from using their platforms to spread propaganda and misinformation. Google announced Tuesday that it’s blocking the YouTube channels of those outlets in Europe “effective immediately” but acknowledged… Read More

In protest, some bars stop selling Russian vodka

Some bars and liquor stores think they’ve found a way to protest Russia’s bloody invasion of Ukraine: They’re pulling Russian vodka off their shelves and promoting Ukrainian brands instead. “I woke up yesterday morning, and I saw that Russia had invaded Ukraine. You wonder what you can do,” said Bob… Read More