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Dec 06 2020
Headline Roundup
Several Counties Defy Orders As California Placed on Lockdown
Several California county officials, including those in Orange County and Riverside County, have said they will not enforce a new stay-at-home order set to take place Sunday evening. The order affects Southern California, the San Joaquin Valley and five Bay Area counties. California added 21,528 new cases on Saturday, bringing the state's total number of cases to 1.3 million. Gov. Gavin Newsom
ZeroHedge Reuters Los Angeles TimesAug 08 2021
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People Demonstrate Against Vaccine Passports in Protests Across France
Over the last four weekends, thousands of protesters have rallied in the streets across France to revolt against President Emmanuel Macron's new vaccine passport mandate. The health bill, which goes into effect tomorrow, will require all French citizens to show proof of vaccination before entering cafes, restaurants, public transportation and certain health facilities. The law was already in
The Guardian Daily Mail NewsweekJul 22 2021
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Weekly Jobless Claims Rise to 419,000
Jobless claims rose to 419,000 last week, higher than the 350,000 Dow Jones estimate for initial filings.
The increase in claims comes as some public health restrictions return amid the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant. Meanwhile, businesses work aggressively to fill positions as enhanced unemployment benefits end in about 24 states.
Reuters Breitbart News BloombergJul 02 2021
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US Adds 850,000 Jobs in June; Unemployment at 5.9%
The U.S. economy added 850,000 jobs in June, beating economists' predictions and improving on numbers from April and May. Leisure and hospitality industries led the growth with 343,000 jobs added. The unemployment rate rose from 5.8% to 5.9%; experts expected it to fall to 5.7%. On Thursday, the Labor Department reported that the number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell to 364,
Washington Examiner Associated Press CNN BusinessNov 15 2022
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Travelers Face Big Jump in Airfares as Holidays Approach
Travel booking app Hopper says that holiday-season airfares will be 43% higher than last year. By comparison, consumer inflation was up 7.7% in October from a year before. So why are airfares rising more steeply?
For Context: The combination of rising energy costs, rebounding travel from the early COVID-19 pandemic, and an ongoing pilot shortage is causing problems for the airline
Fortune Newsmax (News) USA TODAYMay 02 2023
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Surgeon General Declares Public Health Epidemic Over Loneliness
United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared a public health epidemic over loneliness on Tuesday.
Key Quotes: “We now know that loneliness is a common feeling that many people experience,” Murthy told the Associated Press. “It’s like hunger or thirst. It’s a feeling the body sends us when something we need for survival is missing. Millions of people in America are struggling
Washington Examiner BBC News Associated PressJun 09 2022
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Record-Breaking Droughts, Heat Waves and Famines Hit Countries Worldwide
The U.S. and countries around the world are facing droughts and heat waves — threatening ecosystems, economies and even people’s lives.
On Thursday, several outlets reported a looming heat wave that would “bring triple-digit heat to 45 million Americans in the coming week.” Several lakes in the western U.S. — including Lake Mead, Lake Powell and the Great Salt Lake — fell to record lows
New York Times (News) Washington Examiner Associated PressFeb 18 2021
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Fact-Checking Biden's CNN Town Hall
President Joe Biden did a town hall event with CNN Tuesday night in Milwaukee, taking questions in his first public appearance as president outside of Washington D.C. According to fact-checkers, the president made several false, misleading or conflicting statements during the event, about subjects such as school reopening, the COVID-19 vaccine and the minimum wage. These became a focus of
FactCheck.org The Daily Wire CNN (Online News)Jun 04 2021
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US Adds 559,000 Jobs in May; Unemployment Drops to 5.8%
The U.S. economy added 559,000 jobs in May, falling short of economists' predictions of 675,000 but more than doubling the 266,000 jobs added in April. The national unemployment rate fell from 6.1% to 5.8%, the lowest it's been since the pandemic began; this beat economists' estimates of 5.9%. Jobless claims also fell to 385,000 this week, a new pandemic low. Employment remains 5% lower than
The Guardian CNBC Fox News (Online News)May 27 2021
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Media, Fauci Acknowledge COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory After Dismissing It Initially
The theory that the COVID-19 outbreak may have begun with a laboratory leak in Wuhan, China is gaining more credence in the U.S. and internationally after it was dismissed by some early on in the pandemic. Major news sources including CNN (Left bias), the New York Times (Lean Left) and PolitiFact (Lean Left) are among the sources who initially described the hypothesis as a debunked conspiracy
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