Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell to 216,000 in the week ended Sept. 2 from a revised 229,000 the week before, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Meanwhile, the rolls of those continuing to receive jobless benefits beyond the first week fell sharply to 1.679 million in the week ended Aug. 26 from a revised 1.719 million a week earlier. A separate report from the Labor Department showed worker productivity in the second quarter was not as strong as initially reported.
Former Ukrainian spy Valentin Nalivaychenko told The Economist that even he's concerned Ukraine's string of assassinations is crossing the line.The writer who won a sex abuse and defamation lawsuit against Trump scores another victory
NEW YORK — Four months after a civil trial jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday that still more of the ex-president’s comments about her were libelous. The decision means that an upcoming second trial will concern only how much more he has to pay her. The ruling stands to streamline significantly the second trial, set for January.
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