The U.S. labor market added 57,000 jobs in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. This figure is well below analysts’ expectations of about 115,000 job gains, and points to slower hiring but not a sharp rise in layoffs.  Thursday’s report is another sign that the labor market is cooling after stronger gains […]

A Nebraska congressman is once again accusing the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal of being unsecure, weeks after initially revealing his account had been compromised by Russian hackers. In a post on X, Rep. Don Bacon, the chairman of the House Armed Services Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation subcommittee, questioned the app’s security while weighing […]

Earthquakes strike quickly and without warning, making them one of the most dangerous natural disasters in the world. The level of damage done by a quake depends on several factors with, of course, the top factor being how strong that quake is. One important factor in how severe an earthquake will be is something many […]

Many Americans will fire up the grill this holiday weekend and celebrate America’s 250th birthday with a nice, juicy steak — a nice, expensive one, at that.  Beef prices have spiked in the past year due to drought, high feed costs and herd liquidation sales. The cattle supply in the United States is at its […]

Often, Americans see a “sell by” date on a food label that has passed and ask, “Can I still eat this?” It’s a question that is about to become a lot less common for Californians.  A new law, effective as of Wednesday, bans all sell-by dates, instead requiring manufacturers to use labels that say “best […]

The Vatican has excommunicated a traditionalist Catholic group that directly defied Pope Leo XIV’s orders and consecrated four new bishops on Wednesday. It has also declared that the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is officially in schism. The move marks the first major schism for the Roman Catholic Church this century, according to the […]

State and federal health officials are investigating a rise in cases of cyclosporiasis, a foodborne parasitic illness that can cause severe, sometimes explosive diarrhea.  The CDC has identified 145 cases across 17 states among people who became infected in the U.S. between May 1 and June 16, along with 45 infections linked to recent international […]

Poland’s defense minister says Ukraine has not followed through on what he described as a promised drone-technology exchange, even after Warsaw supported Kyiv militarily and discussed sending more MiG-29 fighter jets. Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz told a Polish radio broadcaster that talks over a possible exchange had been going on for months. The deal, as […]

Woonsocket, Rhode Island, a city of roughly 45,000 people near the Massachusetts border, has just one full-scale grocery store: a PriceRite located three miles from the city center.  Getting there can be difficult for residents in one of the state’s poorest cities. With more than 40% of Woonsocket households earning less than $35,000 a year, […]