Washington — The U.S. Labor Department reported on Friday that employers added 115,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in April, with the unemployment rate holding at 4.3%. Hiring gains were concentrated in healthcare (37,000) and transportation and warehousing (30,000), while manufacturing lost 2,000 jobs and prior months’ figures were revised. Economists this week...
Montgomery, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers on Friday approved legislation enabling new U.S. House primaries if courts permit the state to use different congressional districts, and the bill was sent to Republican Gov. Kay Ivey; the move followed a U.S. Supreme Court decision in a Louisiana case that changed Voting Rights...
New York. Union Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh delivered India’s national statement at the International Migration Review Forum on Thursday, May 8, and publicly urged an inclusive, humane framework to address irregular migration and trafficking; he also presented India’s digital migration platform and arrived in New...
Washington: On May 8 a bipartisan group of U.S. senators led by Senator Chris Coons introduced a resolution that names China the "foremost rival and strategic competitor" of the United States, saying Beijing has the intent and capacity to undermine U.S. and allied security and prosperity. The measure accuses China...
Washington — On Thursday, May 8, 2026, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled 2-1 that President Donald Trump’s temporary 10% global tariffs, invoked under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, were unlawful after small businesses and other plaintiffs challenged their statutory basis. The decision...
DETROIT — Cade Cunningham scored 25 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter, and added 10 assists Thursday as the Detroit Pistons defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 107-97, giving Detroit a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. The game took place at Little Caesars Arena, and the win followed...
BOSTON. On Thursday night, the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Boston Red Sox 8-4, extending their winning streak to seven games and recording 13 wins in their last 14 outings. Pinch-hitter Chandler Simpson delivered the go-ahead two-run single in the sixth, and Simpson later added an RBI triple in the...
St. Paul — Maggie Flaherty and Hayley Scamurra scored 24 seconds apart early in the second period, and Ann-Renée Desbiens made 27 saves as the Montreal Victoire beat the Minnesota Frost 2-1 on Thursday night in the PWHL playoffs. Sidney Morin opened the scoring for Minnesota 3:22 into the game...
Washington — On May 7–8 U.S. forces reported intercepting what they characterized as unprovoked Iranian attacks on three Navy destroyers transiting the Strait of Hormuz and responded with self-defense strikes; Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters countered that U.S. forces attacked two Iranian vessels and civilian areas in Hormozgan province, and...
Memphis, Tenn. State Rep. Antonio Parkinson called this week for Memphis and surrounding West Tennessee counties to secede from Tennessee and form a new state after the Tennessee GOP supermajority approved a congressional map Thursday that splits Memphis into three districts. Parkinson made the proposal during a legislative hearing and...
