The US hiring boom continued last month, as employers added 528,000 jobs – more than double the number expected. The government data showed a labour market continuing to defy surging inflation and back-to-back quarters of contraction in GDP, which have raised fears of a recession. It marked the 19th consecutive month of payrolls expansion, and
Earlier this week, Sheila Watko, a traffic reporter for NBC’s Philadelphia affiliate, spiced up a morning report by delivering it entirely with Beyoncé song titles. In total, Watko squeezed in 15 references and only received a few groans from her co-workers after she began the report by quipping, “If you’re just waking up, I hope
I’ve been going through the incredible responses to a survey on what tools and information would be helpful for fighting back against book bans. One thing that popped up was having quick templates and guides to action for folks who want to do something but don’t know where to begin. Today, let’s look at how
The FBI arrested Joshua Jaynes, the former Louisville Metro Police detective who was first reassigned to administrative duty and later fired for lying on the search warrant connected to the fatal raid at Breonna Taylor’s Louisville, Kentucky home in March 2020. Three others were also arrested, including Brett Hankison, the only officer to face state
July 2022’s best photos from Los Angles County staff photographers Brittany Murray, Sarah Reingewirtz, Dean Musgrove, Hans Gutknecht, David Crane and Keith Birmingham. L-R Katie and Cameron came to Long Beach City Hall to get married and even though their plans were derailed by an unexplained clerk office closure the couple was all smiles as
The parents of one of the Sandy Hook victims have been awarded $4.1m (£3.3m) in damages in a defamation trial brought against internet conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose six-year-old son Jesse Lewis was among the 20 students and six teachers killed in the attack in Connecticut, successfully sued Jones and
Rishi Sunak won the audience, but Liz Truss appears to have a grip on the Tory membership in the country. All the clues as to why both are true could be found in Thursday night’s 90-minute Battle for Number 10 on Sky News with Kay Burley, which tested the breadth, depth and agility of the
Warner Bros. Discovery plans to launch its streaming service that combines the assets of HBO Max and Discovery+ next summer in the U.S., the company said during its quarterly earnings call Thursday. With a target date set, there is a lot to figure out in the coming months, including what the consolidated platform will be
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a recently disclosed high-severity vulnerability in the Zimbra email suite to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The issue in question is CVE-2022-27924 (CVSS score: 7.5), a command injection flaw in the platform that could lead to the execution of
At this point, I’m running out of good things to say about Chris Stapleton. He’s been on the ground in his home state of Kentucky for a few days now, pitching in to help wherever he can to help local law enforcement, and even stopping by the local Walmart to buy supplies for the flood victims.
San Francisco Bay area duo Effie Zilch conjure up Stevie Wonder and Dr. John vibes on their latest single “Ship Has Sailed,” which is premiering exclusively at The Boot today (Aug. 4). The deceptively upbeat soundscape accompanies a serious message about our collective action, or lack thereof, to combat climate change — and the dwindling time we have left
“Twilight” star Cam Gigandet is in the twilight of his relationship … because his wife just filed for divorce. Cam’s wife, Dominique Nicole Geisendorff, beelined it to court Monday and filed divorce docs after 13 years of marriage. According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, Dominique lists the date of separation as May 1 and
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra has been a part of the rumour mill for several weeks now. Various speculations have surfaced regarding its camera configuration. There have been reports that suggest the South Korean tech giant could feature only a Snapdragon chipset on the Galaxy S23 series. Notably, Samsung utilised Exynos chipsets in some markets for
How does it feel running an energy intensive business in the age of soaring prices? “It’s like a train coming down the tracks and you know you can’t avoid it,” says Matthew Greene. He’s the managing director of Ercon Powder Coating, a second-generation family firm in Bilston in the West Midlands, one of hundreds of
Donald Glover returns to his musical alter ego Childish Gambino to feature on “I Love You More Than You Know,” a track off Black Party’s album, Hummingbird, which arrives on Friday, August 5. On the contemplative track, the two reflect on life and mortality over the song’s laidback, summery vibes. “Wishin’ that I could pause/God
Jamestown Conservatives, a right-wing group in Jamestown Township, Michigan, is responsible for helping defund their public library. After a year-long battle with the Patmos Library, which has included the departure of the Library Director Amber McLain after a harassment campaign by the group, the library did not win its primary ballot measure to renew its
InfoWars conspiracy monger Alex Jones will have to fork over $4.1 million to the parents of a child murdered in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, a jury in Austin, Texas, determined on Thursday. Jones has called the shooting “a giant hoax” and accused the victims of being actors used to orchestrate an anti-gun false
The Ventura County Fair runs daily through Aug. 14. In the photo, the new Ferris wheel, at 33 meters or 108.27 feet, as seen on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. The fair, with the theme “A Country Fair with Ocean Air” has carnival games and rides, fair fare savory and sweet foods, concerts, exhibits of agriculture,
A Russian judge has convicted and sentenced American basketball player Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for drug possession and smuggling. President Joe Biden described the jail term as “unacceptable” and called for her immediate release. Judge Anna Sotnikova said the time Griner has served in custody since her arrest in February would count
Liz Truss has refused a Conservative Party member’s request for her to apologise for proposing to link public sector pay to local living costs – reiterating that the policy was “misrepresented”. On Monday night, the foreign secretary and Tory leadership frontrunner said she would save £8.8bn by introducing regional pay boards instead of national ones