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Given that the United States added a startling 256,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate decreased slightly to 4.1%, President Joe Biden will leave office with a comparatively strong labor market. Both numbers, which were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, exceeded Wall Street projections and compare favorably to historical averages. According to a Dow Jones survey of analysts, the unemployment rate was predicted to have stayed at 4.2% in December and only 155,000 new jobs would have been created. When taken separately, the most recent data show that the U.S. economy has mostly succeeded in achieving the "soft landing" scenario that Biden had hoped for: comparatively low unemployment and low inflation. Even if hiring has significantly slowed over the previous ye...

Some politicians and influential people believe that the wildfires that have ravaged the Los Angeles region this week are caused by a little fish known as the Delta smelt. Prominent individuals, such as President-elect Donald Trump, have stated that regulations pertaining to the endangered Delta smelt have an impact on the amount of water that can be extracted from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta's fish habitat. They stated that this is the reason why firemen fighting to put out the fires are having trouble getting water. Due to excessive demand, three water tanks and a few fire hydrants temporarily lost water on Tuesday, according to municipal officials. The several flames that have burnt over 45 square miles of the city as of Thursday, forcing over 180,000 people from their homes, are n...

In a statement on X hours after evacuation orders and an alarm sound were inadvertently sent to citizens' cellphones throughout Los Angeles County and beyond, the city of Beverly Hills acknowledged that an evacuation alert had been sent to residents in error Friday morning. Residents of Beverley Hills received "another evacuation alert from the LA County Fire Department" at around 4 a.m. local time, but authorities "confirmed this was another error," according to the post on X. The city stated, "BH is not currently impacted by any evacuations." Around 4 p.m. local time on Thursday, millions of individuals, including those far from areas where flames are out of control, received a text message warning. Part of the text message said, "An EVACUATION WARNING has been issued in your area." It b...

Washington Arguments in Rudy Giuliani's second contempt of court hearing this week, which involves former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Shaye Moss, will be heard by a federal judge on Friday. Arguments regarding whether the former mayor of New York City and Donald Trump's attorney should face financial penalties for continuing to disparage Freeman and Moss on his streaming show in spite of a court-ordered agreement that stated he would not will be heard by U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C. Giuliani has stated that his remarks on his show were not defamatory and that discussing the case and my defense is within my First Amendment rights. When Giuliani attempted to assist then-President Trump in overturning the 2020 election results, Freeman and Moss ...

With the addition of 256,000 jobs in December and a slight decline in the unemployment rate to 4.1%, President Joe Biden will leave office with a comparatively strong labor market. When compared to historical averages, both of those numbers are favorable. Analysts polled by Dow Jones predicted that the unemployment rate would have stayed at 4.2% and that 155,000 new jobs would be created during the month, down from a revised 212,000 in November. The most recent statistics alone indicate that the U.S. economy has essentially reached the "soft landing" scenario that Biden had hoped for: comparatively low inflation and unemployment. Even though hiring has slowed, layoffs are still quite low today. The economic circumstances that prevailed for significant portions of Biden's term have been dee...

SANTA FE, N.M. – Actor Alec Baldwin has filed a civil action alleging civil rights violations and malicious prosecution in connection with the shooting death of a cameraman on the Rust film set in the West. The case was submitted on Thursday to the Santa Fe state district court, where a judge dropped Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter accusation in July for the murder of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. In the lawsuit, Baldwin also claims slander, claiming that investigators and prosecutors purposefully mistreated evidence in pursuing the case. Along with three detectives from the Santa Fe County sheriff's office and the county board of commissioners, the complaint names Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies and special prosecutor Kari Morrissey as defendants. According to the ca...

The Biden administration is anticipated to formally suggest a cigarette nicotine cap in its final days in office. It would be a last-ditch effort to retaliate against the tobacco business after President Joe Biden's long-standing promise to outlawmenthol cigarettes was not fulfilled. It is not anticipated that tobacco products such as e-cigarettes or nicotine replacement patches and lozenges will be included in the proposal, which could be announced as early as Monday. According to Erika Sward, assistant vice president of national advocacy for the American Lung Association, this is a Hail Mary from the Biden administration to forward a significant plan, or at the very least, to kickstart one in the final days of the administration. While smoking-related chronic illnesses and deaths are cau...

The alleged arsonist's clothing undoubtedly caught fire, even though they may be lying. He tried to set fire to a fast-food restaurant early on Christmas morning in Melbourne, Australia, according to police, and they were destroyed. According to a Victoria Police official who emailed NBC News on Friday, the incompetent pyromaniac and an accomplice had set fire to many shops in the city's Doncaster East district. The spokesperson claimed that after they had reached their ultimate objective, the criminals tried to set the shop on fire by pouring a container of flammable liquid over the front of it. Regretfully, the accused offender set themself on fire as well. Police published CCTV footage of the event, which shows one of the suspected arsonists approaching the business's entrance and then ...

Researchers at a top British health university have discovered that the death toll from Israel's murderous offensive in the Palestinian enclave in Gaza is much higher than the numbers given by local health officials. Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine calculated that up to 64,260 individuals died in "traumatic injury deaths" in Gaza between October 7, 2023, and June 30, 2024, according to a peer-reviewed study published Thursday in The Lancetjournal. According to the study's authors, the number of people killed during the first nine months of the conflict was about 41% more than the 37,877 that the Palestinian health ministry reported. Of the 28,257 deaths for whom age and sex statistics were available, 59.1% were related to women, children under the age of 1...

The fires in Eaton and Palisades are still burning, destroying 9,000 buildings and killing at least 10 people. In his hush money case, Donald Trump is about to receive his sentencing. Additionally, arguments on the law that can result in TikTok's ban will be heard by the Supreme Court. What to know today is as follows. Death toll rises to 10 as crews keep battling Palisades and Eaton fires As firefighters continue to fight the fires that have destroyed hundreds of acres and displaced almost 180,000 people from their homes, county officials reported Wednesday night that at least 10 people have perished in the wildfires raging throughout the greater Los Angeles area. At over 19,900 acres (almost 27 square miles), the Palisades Fire is only 6% contained, which is a tiny victory over the en...