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Employers add dismal 199,000 jobs in December, unemployment rate hits 3.9%

(WASHINGTON) -- Employers added a lackluster 199,000 jobs last month -- significantly lower than economists' expectations -- and the unemployment rate fell to 3.9%, the Department of Labor said Friday. Hiring in December was even less than the revised figure for the previous month, when ...
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Facebook promoted extremism leading to federal officer’s murder: Lawsuit

(NEW YORK) -- In May 2020, as protests over the death of George Floyd raged across the country, federal security officer Dave Patrick Underwood was shot and killed while protecting the federal courthouse in Oakland, California. The alleged shooter, Steven Carrillo, an active-duty Air Force ...
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Two ticketholders win Powerball jackpot of $632.6 million — seventh largest in game’s history

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- Two tickets sold in California and Wisconsin were the lucky winners of the Powerball jackpot on Wednesday night. Both tickets matched all six numbers in Powerball's drawing and the winners will split the $632.6 million jackpot -- the seventh largest in the ...
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Walmart, Kroger raise at-home COVID test prices after agreement with White House expires

(WASHINGTON) -- Major retailers have increased the price of at-home COVID-19 tests now that an agreement with the White House to sell them at a fixed price has expired. In September, Walmart, Kroger and Amazon agreed to sell the two-pack boxes of at-home rapid antigen ...
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Eldest Trump children won’t comply with subpoenas from NY attorney general

(NEW YORK) -- Former President Trump’s eldest son and daughter have refused to comply with subpoenas issued by the New York State attorney general’s office as it conducts a civil investigation into the way the family real estate business valued its holdings. “A dispute has ...
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Mom pays off $72K in student loan, credit card debt using these tips

(SAN DIEGO) -- A California mom is entering 2022 debt-free after paying off more than $70,000 in student loan and credit card debt. Amanda Courtney, 36, of San Diego, said she began falling into debt as soon as she entered college, nearly two decades ago. "There ...
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Powerball jumps to over $522M following another winless drawing

(NEW YORK) -- Another week, another chance to become a bigger multi-millionaire. No one had the winning numbers for Saturday's half-billion-dollar Powerball jackpot, and the purse has now grown to over $522 million, according to the lottery officials. There have been 38 drawings in a row ...
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New Year’s Day flight cancellations: 2,500 and counting

(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 cases among airline staff plus poor weather conditions resulted in 2,581 nationwide flight cancellations as of 4 p.m. on Saturday, according to Flight Aware. The news comes after a week of mass flight cancellations, pushing the total number of flight cancellations this week ...
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FAA issues warning to travelers amid omicron surge: Delays will continue

(NEW YORK) -- The travel chaos continues for an eighth consecutive day Friday, with almost 1,300 U.S. cancellations as of 11 a.m. ET. The airlines have been grappling with the one-two punch of bad winter weather and a surge in crew COVID cases that have left them ...
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New Year’s Day Powerball Jackpot soars to $500 million

(NEW YORK) -- The New Year's Day Powerball jackpot rose to $500 million, up from $483 million. The new jackpot estimate has a cash equivalent of $355.9 million. The jackpot was raised after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn in Wednesday's drawing. There have been ...
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