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US unemployment claims rise after hitting pandemic low

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits moved up last week to 332,000 from a pandemic low, a sign that worsening COVID-19 infections may have slightly increased layoffs. Applications for jobless aid rose from 312,000 the week before, the Labor Department said Thursday. Jobless claims, which generally track the pace of layoffs, have fallen steadily for two months as many employers, struggling to fill jobs, have held onto their employees. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s decision to form a strategic Indo-Pacific alliance with Australia and Britain to counter China is angering France and the European Union. They're feeling left out and seeing it as a return to the Trump era.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The prosecutor tasked with examining the U.S. government's investigation into Russian election interference charged a prominent cybersecurity lawyer on Thursday with making a false statement to the FBI.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said Thursday that he has requested an audit of the state Department of Education.

East Sister Rock Island off Marathon, FL, in the Lower Keys is available for $11.7 million. For a buyer in search of isolation, there's nothing like it.

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The middle and high schools in South Burlington, Vermont, had been on lockdown for part of Thursday afternoon after the school administration received word that some students were being threatened by other students claiming to be armed, the superintendent said.

An architect, George Champlin Mason, built this Victorian home for himself in 1873. It's run as a B&B and the owners say they've witnessed Mason's spirit.

Will Bart Scott keep his eyebrows after Sunday?

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — One of the eight men charged in the fraternity hazing death of a Bowling Green State University sophomore pleaded guilty on Thursday in Ohio.

NY New York NY Zone Forecast for Thursday, September 16, 2021

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137 PM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021

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New York (Manhattan)-

137 PM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021

.THIS AFTERNOON...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers or

isolated thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the upper 70s.

Northeast winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. Читать дальше...

CT New York NY Zone Forecast for Thursday, September 16, 2021

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137 PM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021

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Northern Fairfield-

137 PM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021

.THIS AFTERNOON...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers or

isolated thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to

10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.

.TONIGHT...Mostly... Читать дальше...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka man has been convicted of seven felonies, four years after he fled to Mexico while awaiting trial for rape.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s unemployment rate remained at 3.9% in August, marking the fifth month in the row the rate has not changed, the state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s four congressional districts would include two that lean heavily toward Republicans, one that favors Democrats and one that both parties would have a chance at winning under proposed redistricting maps released Thursday by a nonpartisan agency.

Arizona health officials are reporting 2,855 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and another 27 related deaths.

NEW YORK (AP) — Three imprisoned Iranian dissidents will be honored next month at Pen America's annual gala.

DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 4" game were:

DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 3" game were:

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State University has begun the process of ejecting dozens of students for not following COVID-19 vaccination rules, according to a spokesman.

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Sikh businessman Balbir Singh Sodhi was helping plant a flower bed at his Arizona gas station when he was shot dead by a man seeking to avenge 9/11. Mistaken for an Arab Muslim because of his turban and beard, Sodhi was the first person to die in a wave of bias crimes unleashed by the attacks.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Dean Heller will announce a bid for governor of Nevada on Monday, joining a crowded field of Republican hopefuls vying to unseat Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak in 2022.

Isaiah Thomas most recently played (briefly) for the New Orleans Pelicans.

Mortgage rates in the U.S. slipped to the lowest level in almost a month.

PALISADES PARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey will institute universal pre-kindergarten across the state for all 3- and 4-year-olds, Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee university will once again seek permission to strip the name of a Confederate general from one of its buildings, officials said.