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Some 963,000 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as initial jobless claims dipped below 1 million for the first time since mid-March, the feds said Thursday. But last week’s filings nonetheless drove the number of unemployment claims filed during the coronavirus pandemic above 56 million. New claims fell from 1.191 million the prior …
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The U.S. State Department could move as early as Thursday to announce that Chinese “Confucius institutes” will be required to register as foreign agents, Bloomberg reported. Confucius institutes are Chinese government-funded centers on college campuses in the U.S. and throughout the world, whose stated aim is to promote knowledge of Chinese language and culture. However, …
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A small group of residents from Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood ejected Black Lives Matter protesters who arrived for a demonstration at a local police precinct. Several activist groups had organized a march leading to the 7th police precinct in Englewood. However, an organizer later told Fox 32 that groups decided to leave after confrontations with nearby …
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The Colorado attorney general announced a civil rights investigation into the “patterns and practices” of the Aurora Police Department on Tuesday. The investigation, which attorney general Phil Weiser said began weeks ago, is the first under a new police reform law passed after George Floyd’s death sparked nationwide protests and calls for reform. Weiser said …
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Since Jacob deGrom’s Cy Young run began in 2018, the Mets have gone 31-37 in games he’s pitched. They know how inconsequential a day’s starter can ultimately be. Revealing hours before Wednesday’s game against the Nationals that Robert Gsellman would make his first start in nearly three years, the Mets watched the right-hander surrender the …
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Opponents of billionaire Steve Cohen’s efforts to buy the New York Mets are licking their chops over fresh discrimination complaints filed against his firm, Point72 Asset Management, The Post has learned. Back-to-back complaints by ex-female employees of Cohen’s Stamford, Conn., hedge fund have been filed with Connecticut’s Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities in recent …
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Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are helping their kids raise money for charity. Jagger’s son Jimmy and Richards’ daughter Alexandra both serve on the board of Project Zero, which aims to protect the oceans. We hear the two rockers helped out by posting on social media that they’d adopted 1 square kilometer of an ocean …
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Tyra Banks sparked engagement rumors after the model was spotted sporting what appears to be a massive diamond ring on her left ring finger. Banks, 46, was spotted wearing the new sparkler as she exited her theme park, ModelLand, with boyfriend Louis Bélanger-Martin in Santa Monica over the weekend. Banks and Bélanger-Martin coordinated their incognito …
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Gentlemen, we’re going back to anatomy class. Cardi B’s racy new single, “WAP,” featuring rapper Megan Thee Stallion, has made a real splash on social media for the explicit song’s sex-positive lyrics, which focus solely on women’s satisfaction in the bedroom. (The title itself is both an acronym for “Wet Ass P - - - y” and onomatopoeia for …
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Sumner Redstone, the billionaire media magnate whose family company controls CBS and Viacom, and whose career spilled over from boardrooms to gossip sheets, has died. He was 97. Redstone’s health had been declining before his passing Tuesday, according to the Hollywood Reporter. President and CEO of ViacomCBS Bob Bakish hailed the mogul as “a brilliant …