
Employers add 263,000 jobs in September amid hiring slowdown
The labor market experienced the slowest job growth in 18 months, although the unemployment rate shrank to its lowest level in 50 years.
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The labor market experienced the slowest job growth in 18 months, although the unemployment rate shrank to its lowest level in 50 years.
More Americans filed for jobless aid last week as layoffs jumped, showing the Fed's rate hikes are taking a toll.
The Federal Reserve approved a third consecutive 0.75 percentage point hike to its benchmark interest rate Wednesday in an effort to tackle record inflation. Jeanna Smialek, a Federal Reserve and economy reporter for The New York Times, joined John Dickerson to discuss the impact of the interest rate hikes on the U.S. economy.
The demand for higher wages and the right to organize were front and center today in Decatur on Tuesday, during a visit from U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh.
Bamidele Muraina, a Nigerian national who hacked into tax preparation firms and filed fraudulent unemployment benefit claims and tax returns using stolen personally identifiable information, and Gabriel Kalembo, a previously convicted fraudster who laundered the fraudulent assets, have been sentenced to federal prison.
Officials with St. Petersburg College are looking to lower unemployment numbers and ultimately build our workforce back up after it took such a hard hit from the pandemic.
Atlanta-area labor advocates continue their fight to help unemployed workers and to increase Georgia's minimum wage.
Two days before Georgia halts the supplemental unemployment payments, labor unions and legislators rallied outside several Department of Labor offices in Metro Atlanta.
Georgia unemployment rate drops for 13th Straight Month.
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Georgia unemployment rate drops in December, job growth outpaces U.S.
The proposed $908 billion coronavirus relief package is gaining traction in Congress. But will it be enough, and will it come in time?
In an economy beset by pandemic-induced hardship, why is Wall Street thriving while Main Street is struggling?
Spending from the first round of stimulus propped up the economy. But that money is gone, and a more stimulus is unlikely in the coming weeks.
More stimulus checks would help suffering Americans and prop up the sagging U.S. economy, but Democrats and Republicans haven't yet agreed on a deal.
The revised HEROES Act, passed by Democrats in the House, would still include stimulus payments and enhanced unemployment benefits.
Stimulus discussions are back on the table in Washington, but time is growing short to deliver a second round of stimulus payments before the election.
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Time is running out on a stimulus package passing before the election, even as the need for another stimulus check and additional unemployment payments remains strong.
Unemployed individuals who qualify for an additional $300 under Trump's Lost Wages Assistance program may receive up to six weeks worth of benefits.
President Trump's Lost Wages Assistance program is intended to increase weekly unemployment benefits, but implementation has been slow.
States react to President Trump's executive order extending additional weekly unemployment insurance payments in the amount of $400.
Unemployment's sizable decline in July still reflects a slowing economic recovery in the face of the unchecked coronavirus pandemic.
With the first round of economic stimulus running out, millions of Americans are about to take a massive hit to their household budget.
The United States on Saturday downed a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America.
A train derailment and resulting large fire prompted an evacuation order in an Ohio village near the Pennsylvania state line on Friday night.
The grand illusion for Real Housewife Cynthia and Stargirl's Brec challenges both women to attempt the impossible!
Guest appearance by 'Superman & Lois' star Alex Garfin!
A major hospital system in northern Florida said Friday it is diverting some emergency room patients and canceling surgeries after a security problem with information technology.
The United States on Saturday downed a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America.
A train derailment and resulting large fire prompted an evacuation order in an Ohio village near the Pennsylvania state line on Friday night.
The grand illusion for Real Housewife Cynthia and Stargirl's Brec challenges both women to attempt the impossible!
Guest appearance by 'Superman & Lois' star Alex Garfin!
A major hospital system in northern Florida said Friday it is diverting some emergency room patients and canceling surgeries after a security problem with information technology.
A major hospital system in northern Florida said Friday it is diverting some emergency room patients and canceling surgeries after a security problem with information technology.
Honda and the U.S. government are urging owners of about 8,200 older vehicles not to drive them until dangerous air bag inflators are replaced.
"Hey @Ticketmaster you better have your servers ready!!!" one person tweeted. "Don't screw this up," said another.
Bed Bath and Beyond is closing another 87 stores as the struggling retailer barrels toward bankruptcy.
If you have an egg allergy and eat Rao's Soup, you might want to check your pantry.
A 30-year-old councilwoman in the borough of Sayreville, New Jersey, was found shot to death in her car on Wednesday, according to authorities.
A New York man has pleaded guilty to making threatening phone calls to Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, according to federal prosecutors.
A former "Dances With Wolves" actor who faces at least five felonies for allegedly sexually abusing Indigenous girls is scheduled to face a judge for the first time in the case on Thursday.
In her podcast, Savannah Chrisley says her parents, Todd and Julie Chrisley, are doing well in prison.
Two more Memphis police officers have been disciplined and three emergency responders fired in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols, officials said Monday, widening the circle of punishment for the shocking display of police brutality after video showed many more people failed to help him beyond the five officers accused of beating him to death.
If new US Department of Agriculture school food guidelines stand as proposed, chocolate milk is in, but for the first time ever, at least some added sugars will be out.
A local community pharmacy is changing lives and helping those who need it most, one prescription at a time.
The zombies are identifiable by the fungi bursting from their bodies: a thicket of spiky tendrils, a miniature garden of mushroom-like fruiting bodies.
A middle Georgia prosecutor says he won't pursue criminal charges against a sheriff's deputy who in February 2022 shot and killed a man who had been reported as suicidal.
Damar Hamlin has been released after being hospitalized for more than a week due to a cardiac arrest he suffered during "Monday Night Football" more than a week ago.
Legendary quarterback Tom Brady has announced his retirement after 23 seasons in the NFL.
Puppy Bowl XIX is the 19th annual event aimed at raising awareness about pet adoptions.
Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett, who led the Bulldogs to their second straight national championship, was arrested early Sunday after police said he was intoxicated and banging on doors.
Black quarterbacks have come a long way in the NFL since Fritz Pollard became the first to play in the league in 1923.
Billy Packer, an Emmy award-winning college basketball broadcaster who covered 34 Final Fours for NBC and CBS, died Thursday. He was 82.
A 30-year-old councilwoman in the borough of Sayreville, New Jersey, was found shot to death in her car on Wednesday, according to authorities.
The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass a resolution to remove Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee.
A New York man has pleaded guilty to making threatening phone calls to Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, according to federal prosecutors.
Newly reelected Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia is promising to use his first full term to cut deals where possible with Republicans and deliver for his home state.
The FBI completed a search of President Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home, and no documents with classified markings were found.
As Lil Wayne was honored for his musical achievements, the rapper opened up about the little he has been recognized previously in his career during a pre-Grammy event.
World-famous fashion designer Paco Rabanne has died at the age of 88.
I'm a little rough around the edges," the "Knock at the Cabin" actor said. "But I always, you know, I look in the mirror and I say, I ask myself, 'Am I that unattractive?
In 2020, a Presley executive told Rolling Stone that the estate was worth between $400 and $500 million.
A $1 million grand prize, with his winnings going to benefit Pacific Clinic's Hollygrove Program.
President Biden says he’ll handle a Chinese spy balloon traversing the eastern United States. (CNN/Pool)
More than 30 fire departments from three states are responding to a large fire caused by a train derailment in East Palestine, OH (CNN/WFMJ)
USDA proposes reducing sugar and sodium in school lunches. (CNN/KSBW)
The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days, but the Pentagon decided not to shoot it down due to risks of harm for people on the ground, officials said Thursday. (AP/Chase Doak)
This is AP NewsMinute. More than 280,000 homes and businesses in Texas were reported to be without power on Thursday night. (AP)