The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 473,000, a new pandemic low and the latest evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs as consumers ramp up spending and more businesses reopen.
Colonial Pipeline has made substantial progress in safely restarting their pipeline system and can report that product delivery has commenced in a majority of the markets they service. By mid-day today, they project that each market they service will be receiving product from their system.
Chick-Fil-A representatives said on Wednesday that the chicken chain is limiting the number of sauces it gives out per order due to a nationwide shortage.
The northernmost point in the U.S. will not see a complete sunset for more than two and a half months!
U.S. health advisers endorsed use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12 on Wednesday, just as expected new guidelines say it’s OK for people of any age to get the shot at the same time as other needed vaccinations.
White House officials provide an update on plans to deliver fuel across the southeast, as gas stations face a shortage due to panic buying in response to a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline.
Ellen DeGeneres is calling time on her long-running talk show, according to reports.
State and federal officials are scrambling to find alternate routes to deliver gasoline in the Southeast U.S. after a hack of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline led to panic-buying that contributed to more than 1,000 gas stations running out of fuel.
A man accused of killing eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage businesses was indicted Tuesday on murder charges, and a prosecutor filed notice that she’ll also seek hate crime charges and the death penalty.
The family of a Black man who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina is expected to view more than 18 minutes of body camera video of the encounter on Tuesday.
Four new members of the city council were sworn-in during a ceremony last week.
Prepare for pain at the pump. AAA says a jump in gas prices is expected following the massive cyber attack on Colonial Pipeline. Much of the system remains offline.
COVID-19 vaccines finally are headed for more kids as U.S. regulators on Monday expanded use of Pfizer’s shot to those as young as 12, sparking a race to protect middle and high school students before they head back to class in the fall.
In response to the temporary shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, Governor Roy Cooper signed an Executive Order declaring a state of emergency in North Carolina and temporarily suspending motor vehicle fuel regulations to ensure adequate fuel supply supplies throughout the state.
The operator of a major U.S. pipeline hit by a cyberattack said Monday it hopes to have service mostly restored by the end of the week.
Publix pharmacies are now accepting walk-ins for the COVID-19 vaccine at all of their locations across seven states.
The brother of a Chicago Bears player was found dead at a North Carolina electrical substation on Sunday, authorities said.
Representative Liz Cheney is likely to lose her position as the number three House Republican. Cheney is among the few members of the GOP to vote for the second impeachment of then-President Donald Trump.
Family created a GoFundme Account to help pay the bill, the site has already raised more than $19,000.
In 2020, election officials tried to make voting easier and safer amid a global pandemic. Next time, they might get fined or face criminal charges.
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