US job growth stronger than expected as economy adds 372,000 jobs
JLGutierrez/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. saw stronger than expected job growth in June, as the economy added 372,000 jobs and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6%, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.
The d…
Privacy fears emerge over corporate policies covering travel for abortion
Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) — Days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a slew of major U.S. companies said they will cover travel costs for employees who cannot access an abortion where they live.
High-profile brands like A…
Traffic Advisory: Closures on two freeways this weekend
photo courtesy of WSDOT (SEATTLE) Not only is the big “Revive I-5” project back this weekend, but there’s a second project that will completely close another local freeway. Two significant closures on the same weekend? “This is
Monkeypox cases up 77% in one week: WHO
Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Monkeypox cases around the world have increased 77% in seven days, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
There have been 6,027 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox in 59 countries as o…
Sandra Douglass Morgan speaks on being first Black woman to serve as NFL team president
Ethan Miller/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) — The Las Vegas Raiders recently announced Sandra Douglass Morgan as the team’s newest president, making her the first Black female team president in the National Football League’s history.
“It’s really a dream co…
Police determined Highland Park shooting suspect posed ‘clear and present danger’ after past threat
ANTONIO PEREZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — Highland Park Police Department three years ago determined that the alleged Fourth of July massacre suspect posed “clear and present danger” after a family member claimed he was threatenin…
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gunned down while giving speech
YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images(NARA, Japan) — Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed during a campaign speech in western Japan on Friday, hospital officials said.
Abe, 67, was just minutes into his speech on a street in N…
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dies at 67 after assassination
YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated by a gunman during a campaign speech Friday in Nara, Japan.
Abe was in the middle of a speech on the street when he was shot…
Arrest warrant in Emmett Till case found in Mississippi court basement after 67 years
Chicago Tribune file photo/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(LEFLORE COUNTY, Miss.) — Advocates and some relatives of Emmett Till are pushing for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham after finding an unserved arrest warrant for kidnapping, an attac…
Rocketman’s Taron Egerton takes a dark turn in the true crime drama ‘Black Bird’
Apple TV+Black Bird, starring Taron Egerton and the late Ray Liotta, premieres Friday on Apple TV+. It tells the true story of a convicted drug dealer, played by Egerton, who can go free if he gets a confession from a serial killer and finds out where …