The Labor Department’s latest monthly report on hiring and unemployment will include revisions for previous months. The revised figures should provide a more accurate picture of the U.S. job market, but they could also sow confusion. The monthly job figures are based on two surveys, one of employers and one of households. Those surveys are […]
Richard Deitsch and Andrew Marchand are sports media writers for The Athletic. They converse every couple of weeks on sports media topics. This week, they discuss the Super Bowl from a media perspective, including: Tom Brady’s Super Bowl broadcaster debut Viewership potential for the game The future of Super Bowl pregame shows Netflix becoming an […]
When Andreas Fichtner unspooled a fiber-optic cable into a deep hole in Greenland’s ice, he wasn’t expecting to discover a whole new way that glaciers move. Even when the cable started sending back data, his first reaction was skeptical. “Rubbish,” Dr. Fichtner, a professor of seismology and wave physics at the Swiss university ETH Zurich, […]
All live bird markets in New York City and in several nearby counties must close temporarily in hopes of curbing the spread of bird flu, which was detected at some of the markets in the past week, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Friday. The order, which came from the state’s Department of Agriculture and Markets, […]
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Feb 7, 2025, 07:52 AM ET Carlo Ancelotti has hit back at LaLiga president Javier Tebas’ claim that Real Madrid have “lost their minds” with their referee complaints, saying the club want “to improve things” and “to change a system they don’t like.” Madrid filed a formal complaint with the Spanish […]
Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia began a recent hearing of the House education committee by addressing the “elephant in the room” — President Trump’s efforts to diminish, and eventually dissolve, the U.S. Education Department. Jose Luis Magana/AP; Getty Images; Photo collage/Newsportu hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP; Getty Images; Photo collage/Newsportu U.S. education policy […]
The pace of hiring slowed slightly in January, signaling more subdued employment growth even as joblessness remained low. A total of 143,000 jobs were added, a showing that fell short of forecasts, the Labor Department reported on Friday. The unemployment rate edged down to 4 percent. In addition, annual revisions created a picture of a […]
BBC reporter Katharine Da Costa explains how some illegal imports of nicotine pouches contain very high levels of nicotine High strength nicotine pouches that are being sold illegally in the UK could cause inadvertent overdosing and harm to teenagers and young adults, experts have warned. Nicotine pouches – small sachets that fit under the top […]
Liv McMahon & Graham Fraser Technology reporters Hollie Dance Hollie Dance and her son Archie TikTok is being sued by the parents of four British teenagers who believe their children died after taking part in viral trends that circulated on the video-sharing platform in 2022. The lawsuit claims Isaac Kenevan, Archie Battersbee, Julian “Jools” Sweeney […]
‘Worst may be yet to come’ says UN human rights chief as DR Congo and Rwanda deny responsibility and blame one another. The United Nations has called for efforts to prevent the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from spreading across the region. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk […]