NEW YORK (Reuters) -Gen Z adults in the U.S. – those currently in their teens and 20s – are becoming more frugal about what they spend on dates as they contend with higher living costs, a Bank of America survey showed on Wednesday. More than 50% of respondents spent no money at all on dating, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Contracts to buy previously owned U.S. homes dropped more than expected in June, weighed down by higher mortgage rates. The National Association of Realtors said on Wednesday pending home sales, based on signed contracts, fell 0.8% last month. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast contracts, which become sales after a month or two, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. private payrolls increased more than expected July, the ADP National Employment Report showed on Wednesday, though the labor market continues to slow. Private payrolls rose by 104,000 jobs last month after a revised 23,000 decline in June. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast private employment increasing 75,000 following a previously reported drop …
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Emil Bove as a federal judge, installing a Trump loyalist who presided over a tumultuous period at the Justice Department on a crucial appeals court. The Republican-majority Senate voted 50-49 to confirm Bove, who has been serving as …
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By Valerie Volcovici and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration said on Tuesday it will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, removing the legal foundation for all U.S. greenhouse gas regulations. If finalized, the repeal would end current limits on greenhouse gas pollution from vehicle tailpipes, power plants, smokestacks …
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By Bianca Flowers CHICAGO (Chicago) -The Trump administration has terminated more than half of all federal funding for gun violence prevention programs in the U.S., cutting $158 million in grants that had been directed to groups in cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, DC, and Baltimore. Of the 145 community violence intervention (CVI) …
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(Reuters) -Minnesota has called in the National Guard after the city of St. Paul was slammed by what its mayor described as a “deliberate, coordinated, digital attack” carried out by sophisticated hackers. The office of Governor Tim Walz said in a statement that he was deploying the Guard, which has a cyber protection component, because …
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By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) -A gunman who opened fire in a Midtown Manhattan office building on Monday believed he suffered a brain injury that he blamed on the National Football League, New York’s mayor said, thrusting the issue of chronic traumatic encephalopathy back into headlines this week. According to police, Shane Tamura, a …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Harvard University said on Tuesday it will comply with the demands of President Donald Trump’s administration to turn over employment forms for thousands of university staff, but for the time being was not sharing records for those employed in roles only available to students. In an email to university employees …
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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) -Blackstone employees struggled on Tuesday to come to terms with the death of Wesley LePatner, one of the investment firm’s senior executives who was gunned down late on Monday as she was leaving her Midtown Manhattan office. The 43-year-old mother of two tried to duck for cover behind a …
