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Unemployment rate falls to 3.9%

The nation’s unemployment rate fell in December to a healthy 3.9% — a pandemic low — even as employers added a modest 199,000 jobs, evidence that they are struggling to fill jobs with many Americans reluctant to return to the workforce. The drop in the jobless rate, from 4.2% in… Read More

Another tycoon returns from space with business dreams

“Space now,” was what Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa wanted to tweet for years. He finally really did it, from the International Space Station. “The space market holds so much potential,” he said Friday at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Tokyo, his first news conference in Japan after returning to earth… Read More

‘Hurricane’: COVID text manufacturers struggle to meet demand

As countless millions of people in Europe waste hours in lines for COVID-19 tests and scour their nasal passages with self-test kits at home, at the other end of the chain, workers are straining to meet the demand. At NG Biotech, production lines are humming, spitting out freshly packaged tests… Read More

Biden admin paid Boston bomber stimulus check

Last year, President Joe Biden sent $1400 checks to eligible Americans, including convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Whoops. Previously, Biden has spoken out against the death penalty. Now the Biden administration wants to put Tsarnaev on death row and let the money go wherever it may. Meanwhile, federal prosecutors… Read More

November trade debt hits near-record high $80.2B

The U.S. trade deficit surged to a near-record high of $80.2 billion in November as exports slowed at the same time that imports jumped sharply. The November deficit was 19.3% higher than the October deficit of $67.2 billion and was just below the all-time monthly record of $81.4 billion set… Read More

Top California Dem suddenly flips

A California Democratic Party leader suddenly broke with his party on Tuesday and declared “enough is enough” when it comes to lawlessness in the Golden State. “Enough is enough, we need to fight back against the criminals who are stealing from our communities,” Democratic Assemblyman Rudy Salas declared. Sponsored: 9… Read More

‘Jeopardy!’ champion Amy Schneider robbed in California

Reigning “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider was robbed at gunpoint over New Year’s weekend in Oakland, California. Schneider, an Oakland resident, tweeted about the robbery to her 52,000 followers, saying she was shaken up but otherwise OK. REVEALED: The TRUE cause of tinnitus (surprising) [Sponsored] “Hi all! So first off: I’m… Read More

CEO Elizabeth Holmes convicted of fraud and conspiracy

In a case that exposed Silicon Valley’s culture of hubris and hype, Elizabeth Holmes was convicted Monday of duping investors into believing her startup Theranos had developed a revolutionary medical device that could detect a multitude of diseases and conditions from a few drops of blood. A jury convicted Holmes,… Read More

New York state subpoenas Ivanka and Don Jr. for this

New York Attorney General Letitia James subpoenaed Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr., according to court records released Monday. James issued the subpoenas as part of her years-long investigation of former President Donald Trump. Sponsored: The 3 foods that GROW cancer Specifically, James is investigating Trump for allegedly lying about… Read More

Breaking: Settlement goes public between Epstein, Prince Andrew accuser

A previously sealed $500,000 lawsuit settlement in 2009 between Jeffrey Epstein and an American woman that Prince Andrew claims protects him from an ongoing lawsuit was made public Monday. The deal between Epstein and Virginia Roberts, now known as Virginia Giuffre, contained a paragraph that said it protects anyone “who… Read More