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Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 1.8 million in July, and the unemployment rate fell to 10.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. These improvements in the labor market reflected the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it. In July, notable job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, government, retail trade, professional and business services, other services, and health care. Читать дальше...

NERVOUS holidaymakers with trips booked to France are hit with further bad news that the country has seen its biggest increase of Covid-19 cases since lockdown ended in the country. New infections of the virus rose by 2,288 today, the third day the number has increased significantly – the worst the country has seen since […]

Lieberman’s self-published 2018 novel is allegedly loaded with “racist tropes.”

The Saracens number eight used the coronavirus lockdown to reflect on his shortcomings.

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Dell Children's Medical Center says it has treated three confirmed cases of an inflammatory illness linked to COVID-19 that especially afflicts children.

1. Wall Street Week Ahead: Bargain-hunters look to U.S. real estate stocks as S&P nears records  Reuters
2. Markets could be challenged by Washington stimulus talks and China tensions  CNBC
3. S&P 500 ekes out 6th straight gain following jobs report  The Associated Press
4. 'Bull everything' rally leaves investors wondering what to own  Reuters
5. Stock Market Crash: The Battle Between Retail Traders And Smart Money  Forbes
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Among the changes, streaming executive Andy Forssell will lead a new HBO Max operating business unit.

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• Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy and a bipartisan group of his colleagues just introduced legislation aiming to block President Donald Trump from allowing the sale of armed drones to the Saudis.
• The senators are concerned selling weaponized drones to the Saudis could exacerbate the Yemen conflict and fuel an arms race with Iran.
• "Do we really want a Middle East in which Iranian and Saudi drones are flying all over the region? That sounds like a nightmare," Murphy told Insider. Читать дальше...

The Angels’ former director of communications has been charged with allegedly supplying drugs to Tyler Skaggs, the team’s pitcher who was found dead in his hotel room last July after an overdose, according to officials. Eric Kay was charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced Friday....

Trump camp: China, Iran want president to lose because he's 'held them accountable' | TheHill  The HillView Full Coverage on Google News

How expanding opportunity for women, immigrants and nonwhite workers helped everyone — and why we need to do so again.

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Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) on stage during the Democratic presidential debate at Texas Southern University's Health and PE Center on September 12, 2019 in Houston, Texas. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has lashed out (again) at President Trump, this time over his comments that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was “against God.” On Thursday Trump accused his Democratic opponent of following [...]

Brian McDermott believes that managing Leeds United is different to managing other clubs.

LEGAZPI CITY — The Department of Health (DOH) in Bicol has projected that the number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the region may double by January next year unless measures are taken to keep out possible carriers of the disease, mostly returning residents. The Bicol Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging […]

TURIN, Italy — Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice but could not prevent Juventus from going out of the Champions League despite a 2-1 victory over Lyon in its rearranged second-leg match on Friday.

Trump showed few glimpses of the form which swept him to the title last year

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - At a time when many voters are growing weary of the contentious campaign ads that have flooded the airwaves, North Carolina’s top legislative leaders want even more political drama in the swing state.

"The president would like us to make a deal, but unfortunately we did not make any progress today,” Treasury Secretary Mnuchin told reporters Friday.

ViacomCBS wants to make sure they get it right.

By Alan Baldwin SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) - Betting on Formula One, despite the sport having more data at its disposal than it knew what to do with, was once little more than a punt on the race

A recent letter sent to the IRS by four US congressmen wants the IRS to tax staking rewards at the time you sell the rewards of staking, not at the time you receive them.

By Dan Ambrose: As reported earlier, Jorge Linares tested positive cor COVID-19, and he won’t be fighting Javier Fortuna on August 28 in their scheduled contest on DAZN at the Fantasy Springs Casino & Resort in Indio, California. Mike Coppinger says Fortuna wants to stay on the card and fight. Like a real trooper, Fortuna […]