A career fair in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 23, 2021. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Unemployment benefits are still not reaching people quickly, over a year into the Covid pandemic. About 38% of workers who got their first payment of benefits in June had waited more than 21 days for the funds to arrive, according
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ORLANDO — A Russian module that docked to the International Space Station July 29 started firing its thrusters hours later, briefly knocking the station out of its normal attitude and forcing NASA to delay a commercial crew test flight that was scheduled to launch July 30. The Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM), or Nauka, docked with
With HP at the pole position, the worldwide Chromebook market has posted a 75 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth in the second quarter of 2021 (Q2 2021), as per a global notebook market data report by Canalys. The market research firm said that despite a slowdown in shipments growth, Chromebooks continued to outperform the rest of
First lady Jill Biden speaks after touring a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at a high school in Waipahu, Hawaii, Sunday, July 25, 2021. Caleb Jones | AP WASHINGTON — First Lady Dr. Jill Biden had a sharp object removed from her left foot by doctors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Thursday, her office
Kanye West is hosting another listening party for his upcoming “Donda” album at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta … but he’s still brainstorming on how to make the event unique to fill new seats. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Yeezy and his production team locked down Aug. 5 at MBS for another “Donda” listening
In this article TSLA NEOEN-FR Elon Musk speaks at Hornsdale wind farms in Australia for an event for Tesla Getty Images A fire occurred within a Tesla Megapack at one of the largest batteries in the world in Australia’s Victoria state around 10:15 a.m. local time on Friday, CNBC has confirmed. The cause of the
Ridley Scott’s highly anticipated biopic, House of Gucci, is officially on the way. MGM Studios released the official character posters of the upcoming movie, starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver. The film is set to hit theaters on Nov. 24, 2021. Gaga shared the poster with her 48.4 million followers on Instagram. “Stasera,” she captioned
The Pogues are back but don’t expect things to be any smoother for them. Outer Banks Season 2 Episode 1 picked up where we left off, with John B and Sarah on a boat, headed to the Bahamas. It was a compelling beginning to the season, and the fact that Terrence, Stubs, and Cleo turned
Travelers may not be able attend this year’s Summer Olympic Games, but they can still experience Japan virtually. As the global pandemic marches on, tourist attractions and enterprising tour guides are finding ways to emulate the look, feel and taste of a trip to the Land of the Rising Sun. Sightseeing and shopping For 2,000
Bruce, a previously announced new musical based on Jaws screenwriter Carl Gottlieb’s 1975 memoir The Jaws Log, is resurfacing: Seattle Rep will stage the world premiere next May, the regional theater company announced today. Featuring music by Richard Oberacker and book and lyrics by Oberacker and Robert Taylor (the team behind the 2017 Broadway musical
In this article @DJ.1 @ND.1 @SP.1 AMZN Matteo Colombo | DigitalVision | Getty Images Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes traded mixed at the start of the overnight session Thursday evening as a soft earnings report from Amazon threatened to curb Wall Street’s otherwise strong July on the month’s final day of
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Over the past 25 years Plumb served in various positions at the White House, the Pentagon and the U.S. Senate WASHINGTON — President Biden has nominated John Plumb to be assistant secretary of defense for space policy, a White House spokesman said July 29. Plumb currently is the chief of government relations at the Aerospace
Google has shared more details about the upcoming safety section on its Google Play store. A new post from the company shows previews of what the Android app marketplace will look like once the new safety and privacy policies are implemented. Google, back in May, announced the new safety section for the Google Play store,
President Joe Biden answers a question from the press as he holds a mask upon arrival on Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pennsylvania, July 28, 2021, as he travels to speak on the economy. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Federal workers will be required to prove their coronavirus
News See Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani in Poster for New Movie House of Gucci Ridley Scott’s film, also starring Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Al Pacino, and Salma Hayek, hits U.S. theaters on November 24 By Matthew Strauss July 29, 2021 Facebook Twitter Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani (© 2021 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights
In this article PINS Ben Silbermann, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Pinterest, speaks in front of the company’s logo at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), during the company’s IPO on April 18, 2019 in New York City. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Pinterest shares fell more than 14% in after-hours trading on