Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims for the week ending Jan. 21 rose by 21,000 to 377,000, compared with the previous week’s revised figure of 356,000, the U.S. Department of Labor said. The less volatile four-week moving average was 377,500, a drop of 2,500 from the [...]
Washington, DC, United States (KaiserHealth) – The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is promising a legal challenge to federal rules the Obama administration reaffirmed Friday requiring health insurers to provide women with a range of preventive health services, including birth control, without charging a co-payment, co-insurance or deductible. The Department of Health and Human [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial unemployment claims dropped to 352,000 during the week ending Jan. 14, their lowest level in nearly four years. First time claims for jobless benefits dropped by 50,000 from the previous week’s revised tally of 402,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. [...]
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to close 259 offices nationwide as part of a program to cut costs and improve service. In a statement that coincided with the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced changes to his [...]
Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe warned on Friday about an alarming rise in anti-Semitism in European countries in the past three years. The organization held a conference in Washington, D.C., to discuss an increase in hate crimes that appears [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Although the economy added 103,000 jobs in September, it was not enough to keep up with population growth, let alone make a dent in getting 14 million jobless Americans back to work. Nevertheless, 45,000 of the jobs were not new positions, but represented [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – First-time jobless claims during the week ending Sept. 24 edged slightly below the critical 400,000 mark for the first time since Aug. 6, according to the United States Department of Labor. Initial claims for unemployment compensation insurance benefits dropped by 37,000 to 391,000, [...]
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The Justice Department has asked an appeals court to vacate a ruling declaring “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the ban against gays serving openly in the military, unconstitutional. The law is set to be repealed late this month, but gay advocates want the case [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – First time claims for jobless benefits for the week ending July 23 crept down slightly to 398,000, which was just below the critical 400,000 mark for the first time since April. That number was down by 24,000 from the prior week’s figure of [...]
John Nestor – AHN Sports Correspondent New York, NY, United States (AHN Sports) – The NFL and players are close to an agreement on ending the current lockout, the league’s first work stoppage since 1987. With lawyers for both sides scheduled to meet with a court-appointed mediator in New York Tuesday, players are starting to [...]
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