• STI cases on the rise: CDC reports over 2.5M cases in the US

    According to the CDC, recent sexually transmitted disease numbers indicate that infections are on the rise. So, Monday night we're working for you with insight from local health officials about this alarming trend.

  • The five US cities where rents are rising the most

    Rents in 18 of America's 50 largest metros have seen rents go up this year. New report by Realtor.com shows tenants in Chicago have seen the biggest hike. Rents have been a key driver of inflation,

  • US antitrust case against Google is just the start

    The US government's landmark antitrust trial against Google's search business is nearing its conclusion. But the parade of major federal cases challenging Big Tech's power is just getting going. Under the Trump administration, the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission started investigating Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta, the parent company of Instagram and WhatsApp, for monopolistic behavior. The government has since sued all four companies -- Google twice -- in what it says is an...

  • Powell: A rise in unemployment would have to be meaningful for us to react

    FED'S POWELL: A RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE MEANINGFUL FOR US TO REACT. Powell: "A couple tenths" of an increase in the unemployment rate doesn't count as an "unexpected weakening" in the labor market that would justify cuts.

  • US company awarded ship lift build contract

    A United States company has been awarded the contract to build the ship lift set to be a major money maker in the Northern Territory. The Northern Territory government announced on Tuesday the ship lift infrastructure will be built by US company Pearlson Shiplift Corporation under a $48 million contract. The tender is part of […]

  • Joe Biden: Migrants -- Not Americans -- 'Makes Us Strong'

    Migrants -- not voting Americans and their children -- "are what makes us [economically] strong," President Joe Biden told a May 1 fundraiser for pro-migration groups at the elite Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C.

  • ‘Report this crime’: Sextortion cases on the rise in Northeast Ohio

    The FOX 8 I-Team has found a growing number of people falling victim to a scam threatening to expose secret, private pictures unless they pay money.

  • The shortsighted US-Japan-South Korea military pact

    Driven by their common perception that North Korea and China posed growing threats to their nations’ security, U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed at last August’s summit at Camp David to elevate trilateral military ties to an unprecedented level. They have been demonstrating this commitment everyday since, some say to the detriment of stabilizing relations with Pyongyang and Beijing.In recent years, North Korea has...

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    The number of women leading US business schools is on the rise

    BestColleges reports on the growing number of women leading business schools.

  • Gonorrhea cases continue to rise, particularly among women

    The number of young people with a gonorrhea infection continues to soar, with an increase of 31% over the last year, latest figures from public health institute RIVM have shown. Some 13,853 cases of the sexually transmitted disease were registered in 2023 following a 33% rise in 2022. The rise is most dramatic among women, the RIVM said, with a 78% increase. Some 2,598 women were found to have gonorrhea in 2023 compared to 1,468 the year before. Women should

  • Anglo American Shares Rise After BHP Takeover Approach

    Get briefed ahead of your morning calls with the latest UK business

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    US repatriates 11 Americans and six Canadian children from Syria

    Ten of the Americans are reportedly members of a single US family that