BusinessYahoo Finance7 ways men live without working in America
You've heard people bemoaning this "labor participation rate," which is simply the number of working-age men (usually counted as ages 16 to 64) not working or not looking for work, as a percentage of the overall labor force. It's true that the pandemic, which of course produced a number of factors that made working more difficult never mind dangerous, pushed the labor participation rate to a record low. In fact, the participation rate for men peaked at 87.4% in October 1949 and has been dropping steadily ever since.
U.S.HuffPostBody Found Matching Description Of Gabby Petito: Authorities
Law enforcement said that human remains discovered near Grand Teton National Park match the description of Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old lifestyle blogger who recently disappeared while on a road trip in a van with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. The FBI announced the tragic discovery at a press conference on Sunday afternoon, ending multi-agency search efforts that captured attention nationwide. “On behalf of the FBI personnel and our partners, I would like to extend sincere and heartfelt condolences to Gabby's family,” FBI agent Charles Jones said.
U.S.AxiosFootage shows new details after NYC restaurant incident over proof of vaccination
Three tourists were arrested after allegedly assaulting a New York City restaurant hostess when she asked for proof of their vaccination status before they could be seated indoors, the New York Times reports. The latest: On Saturday, lawyers for the restaurant and the three women revealed that the tourists had in fact shown proof of vaccination and been allowed into Carmine's Italian restaurant, according to the Times. Driving the news: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order mandating proof of vaccination to participate in indoor activities, including visiting gyms and restaurants.
PoliticsReutersNetanyahu suggests on Facebook that Biden fell asleep meeting new Israeli PM
Israel's former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested in a Facebook video posted on Sunday that U.S. President Joe Biden had fallen asleep when meeting the new Israeli leader Naftali Bennett last month. A Reuters fact check https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-biden-asleep-idUSL1N2Q00H8 previously debunked the idea that Biden dozed off, after social media users shared a video clip of the U.S. president that they said showed him looking down and nodding off as Bennett spoke in the Oval Office. The clip that was shared around was misleadingly cropped, according to the Reuters fact check.
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Migrants carrying food blocked over U.S.-Mexico border
A number of men on horseback with "Police U.S. Border Patrol" emblazoned on their clothing were seen blocking the path of migrants scrambling up the U.S. embankment carrying plastic bags and cardboard boxes. As the migrants try to get supplies from the Mexican state of Coahuila, U.S. officials have stepped up security at the border and started flying migrants out of the area, some to Haiti. Migrants said their squalid encampment under a bridge on the U.S. side of the river was short of supplies.
U.S.INSIDERA map shows the timeline of Gabby Petito's disappearance during her cross-country road trip with Brian Laundrie
Petito was reported missing September 11. A map tracks the beginning of Petito's road trip with Brian Laundrie up until her disappearance. Authorities continued their search on Saturday for 22-year-old Gabby Petito, who set off on a cross-country road trip with her boyfriend earlier this summer, but wasn't with him when he returned this month.
WorldReutersTaiwan threatens to take China to WTO in new spat over fruit
TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Taiwan threatened to take China to the World Trade Organization on Sunday after Beijing said it would suspend sugar apple and wax apple imports from the island on pest concerns, in the latest spat between the two over fruit. Relations between Taipei and Beijing, which claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, are at their lowest in decades, with China increasing political and military pressure to get the island to accept its sovereignty. China's customs administration said it had repeatedly detected pests called "Planococcus minor" in sugar apples, also known as sweetsops or custard apples, and wax apples from Taiwan.
U.S.Rolling StoneRight-Wing Conspiracy Rally Collapses Under Weight of Right-Wing Conspiracies
A rally for supporters of the “Big Lie” is looking like a big flop. Reports from the start of the “Justice for J6” rally Saturday show an event much smaller than the January 6th Capitol insurrection. Although Capitol Police expected as many as 1,000 attendees, and organizers obtained permits for a group of 700, the final turnout looks like it will be much lower, according to reports on the ground.
HealthBloombergWhite Striping Disease Hits 99% of U.S. Supermarket Chicken, Study Finds
Now, the fat-boosting ailment shows up in 99% of U.S. store-brand chickens, according to a Humane League study to be released Monday. The illness is driven by the extreme conditions of factory farming, which turbocharges the raising process to a matter of weeks and puts undue physical stress on the animals, the Humane League said. The disease's name comes from its visible side effect: thin white stripes that appear on the meat's surface.
BusinessAutoblog2022 Toyota Tundra debuts with twin-turbo V6 and optional hybrid
In place of the old truck's V8 engine is a new twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V6, optionally assisted by an electrified hybrid variant that's both more powerful and more efficient. In standard form, 389 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque are shuttled through a 10-speed automatic to either the rear wheels or all four. The real headline grabber, though, is the optional I-Force Max powertrain.
U.S.Business InsiderTexas megachurch preacher and Trump devotee says there is no 'credible religious argument' against COVID-19 vaccines
A preacher at a Texas megachurch is refusing to offer his congregation religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Religious exemption letters are becoming more widely used as a "loophole" to avoid vaccine mandates, the AP said. As Republican lawmakers rage against President Joe Biden's sweeping vaccine mandates, the Associated Press reported that religious exemptions are becoming more widely used as a "loophole" to avoid getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
PoliticsThe WeekMcConaughey leads Abbott in Texas poll as O'Rourke inches closer
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) may be feeling the pressure, the latest poll from The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler shows. Abbott's approval rating has dropped to 45 percent in the aftermath of controversial legislation such as a ban on mask mandates amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a ban on most abortions after six weeks. It's far too early to tell how things will play out in next year's election, but two well-known potential candidates look like they could give Abbott a serious run if they do wind up entering the race.
PoliticsAssociated PressSenate parliamentarian deals blow to Dems' immigration push
In a three-page memo to senators obtained by The Associated Press, MacDonough noted that under Senate rules, provisions are not allowed in such bills if their budget effect is “merely incidental” to their overall policy impact. Citing sweeping changes that Democrats would make in immigrants' lives, MacDonough, a one-time immigration attorney, said the language “is by any standard a broad, new immigration policy. The rejected provisions would open multiyear doorways to legal permanent residence — and perhaps citizenship — for young immigrants brought illegally to the country as children, often called “Dreamers."
U.S.INSIDERTikToker claims she picked up Brian Laundrie hitchhiking alone 4 days after Gabby Petito last made contact with her family
A TikToker claimed she picked up Brian Laundrie, Gabby Petito's fiancé, hiking alone. Miranda Baker said she and her boyfriend picked up Laundrie in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, on August 29. A TikToker claimed she and picked up Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of missing 22-year-old Gabby Petito, while he was hiking alone in Grand Teton National Park, four days after Petito's family last heard from her.
BusinessBarrons.comThe Stock Market Dropped Because There’s Something Scarier Than Taxes, Tapers, and Contagion
Wall Street has found something scarier than tapering, taxes, and China Evergrande Group combined. The reasons for a pullback are many: The stock market has rallied for too long and has gone up too smoothly, the Federal Reserve is about to remove the bond buying that has helped prop markets up, taxes are ready to rise, economic data are slowing. For the S&P 500, it was the first close since June 18 below its 50-day moving average—a technical measure of the previous 50 days' closes that often ends up acting as support or resistance and that currently sits at 4436.35.
BusinessTechCrunchThe GoPro-ification of the iPhone
This week, we're talking about Apple and the company 1,600 times smaller than it that's facing similar product problems. If you're reading this on the TechCrunch site, you can get this in your inbox from the newsletter page, and follow my tweets @lucasmtny the big thing When you get deep enough into the tech industry, it's harder to look at things with a consumer's set of eyes. I've felt that way more and more after six years watching Apple events as a TechCrunch reporter, but sometimes memes from random Twitter accounts help me find the consumer truth I'm looking for.
U.S.Charlotte ObserverFisherman’s sonar spots mysterious object in Carolinas lake. Here’s what divers found
A fisherman's sonar emitted a “strange signal” of a mysterious object in Lake Wylie, prompting a deep-water search by divers from the York County, S.C., Sheriff's Office. What turned up was neither the world's largest fish nor a creature from the murky depths that no one had seen before. The car was about 50 feet off shore and 20 feet deep, Sheriff's Office spokesman Trent Faris said.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderKellyanne Conway told Trump that he didn't have 'swagger' in 2020 and said his campaign resembled Hillary Clinton's 2016 bid: book
Kellyanne Conway was brutally honest with Trump about his 2020 campaign missteps, per a new book. "What you didn't have this time was the hunger and the swagger," she said of Trump's 2020 run. During the summer phone call, Conway reportedly told Trump to stop focusing on election grievances.
WorldReutersMali says it can seek military help from anyone, despite French concern
Mali has the right to seek military support from whoever it wants, the prime minister said, after France and other foreign powers expressed alarm at a report that Bamako was approaching Russian mercenaries for assistance. Prime Minister Choguel Maiga did not confirm whether the government was in talks with any other party in his comments that were released by a Malian news site, but diplomatic and security sources have told Reuters Mali's government was close to a deal with a private Russian military contractor. The sources said Russia's the Wagner Group would supply mercenaries to train Mali's military and protect senior officials, based on the deal being negotiated.
WorldINSIDERRescuers discovered 2 shipwrecked children clinging to their dead mother, who had saved their lives by drinking her urine to breastfeed them
A Venezuelan mother died while saving her children after a boat they were on capsized this month. While drifting on a lifeboat for days, Mariely Chacón drank her own urine to breastfeed her kids. Rescuers found the children, aged 2 and 6, clinging to their mother, who died of dehydration.
U.S.NBC NewsNew Jersey officer catches 1-month-old baby thrown from 2nd-floor balcony
A New Jersey police officer caught a 1-month-old baby whom a man threw from a building's second-floor balcony, authorities said Saturday. The newborn, who was not identified, wasn't physically harmed, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said. In an Instagram post, Fulop thanked the officer, Eduardo Matute, and published a photo of him holding the baby.
BusinessReutersHonda targets annual sales of 70,000 Prologue electric vehicles in U.S. from 2024
Honda Motor Co's U.S. unit said on Monday it is targeting initial annual sales of 70,000 for its planned electric Prologue sport utility vehicle when it goes to market in 2024. Honda plans to add additional electric vehicle models as it aims to have sold a total of 500,000 electric vehicles in the United States by 2030, and to achieve 100% zero emission vehicles sales in North America by 2040. It comes as President Joe Biden signed an executive order last month setting a target to make half of all new passenger vehicles sold in 2030 zero-emissions vehicles.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderWe're watching the implosion of the Supreme Court in real time
The reputation of the Supreme Court is sinking. After decisions like the Texas abortion case, the impartiality of the Court is in doubt. Michael Gordon is a longtime Democratic strategist, a former spokesman for the Justice Department, and the principal for the strategic-communications firm Group Gordon.
WorldINSIDER710 Indigenous people, mostly girls, were reported missing over the past decade in Wyoming, the same state where Gabby Petito reportedly disappeared
The disappearance of Gabby Petito, possibly in Wyoming, has caused a national outcry. In the same state, 710 Indigenous people were reported missing from 2011-2020, a report found. Despite the extent of the issue, missing and murdered Indigenous people get less media coverage.
ScienceReutersSpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew returns safely
(Reuters) -The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida's coast on Saturday, completing a three-day flight of the first all-civilian crew ever sent into Earth orbit. The successful launch and return of the mission, the latest in a recent string of rocket-powered expeditions bankrolled by their billionaire passengers, marked another milestone in the fledgling industry of commercial astro-tourism, 60 years after the dawn of human spaceflight. "Welcome to the second space age," Todd "Leif" Ericson, mission director for the Inspiration4 venture, told reporters on a conference call after the crew returned.
“It’s time for a late-stage empire to sober up a bit and refocus on building a functioning nation-state here on the home front.”
“The response to evil abroad cannot be to throw up our hands. Failure is not inevitable.”
“The United States keeps insisting that it must do that which it cannot do.”
“When the U.S. blames others, it doesn’t recognize its mistakes, so it repeats them.”
“Nothing has been resolved, no lessons have been learned, no meaningful assessment of the war on terror has been passed.”