August payrolls grew by a less-than-expected 142,000, but unemployment rate ticked down to 4.2%

On February 20, 2025, 21 civil servants from the US Digital Service resigned in protest of Elon Musk’s tech-driven overhaul of federal services. They cited concerns that Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) would disrupt vital public services like Social Security and student aid. The resignation highlights the risks of talent loss and questions the…

A historic landmark may host a professional boxing match this summer. According to Ring, WBO junior welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez is close to an agreement to get into the ring on Alcatraz Island. Ring notes that Riyadh Season promoter Turki Alalshikh recently told ESPN he was hoping to host a fight at the former prison…

FDNY union leaders are fighting back against the Big Apple’s new congestion pricing, warning the toll will negatively impact response times, leaving residents and first responders to deal with potentially deadly results. Uniformed Firefighters Association President Andrew Ansbro and Uniformed Fire Officers Association President Jim Brosi discussed the new congestion pricing and its inadvertent side…

A dash camera caught the horrifying moment a vehicle flew off the Interstate 5 overpass onto a busy California freeway on Presidents’ Day. Police responded to the scene of the accident in Sacramento shortly before 1 p.m. on Monday where they found the driver with injuries. He was transported to the hospital, where he was…

Billy Zane made a stunning transformation into late film actor Marlon Brando. The 58-year-old appeared as a spitting image of Brando’s Don Vito Corleone from Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 mob drama, “The Godfather.”  Zane is playing Brando, who died in 2004 at age 80, in the upcoming biopic, “Waltzing with Brando.” Zane looked unrecognizable as…