US adds a solid 850,000 jobs as economy extends its gains
By Christopher Rugaber
In an encouraging burst of hiring, America’s employers added 850,000 jobs in June, well above the average of the previous three months.
American champion Sha’Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana.
A guard was fired and arrested after trying to smuggle prescription stimulant pills into a South Carolina women’s prison by hiding them in Rice Krispies treats, authorities said. Authorities say they guard was caught as she tried to take the treats into the Camille Graham Correctional Institution on Thursday.
Florida officials are working on plans to demolish what’s left of a partially collapsed oceanfront condominium building. The plans were revealed Thursday after concerns about the structure’s instability prompted a 15-hour halt to the search for survivors.
In an encouraging burst of hiring, America’s employers added 850,000 jobs in June, well above the average of the previous three months.
After nearly 20 years, the U.S. military left Bagram Airfield, the epicenter of its war to oust the Taliban.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months. Attorney General Merrick Garland says he is imposing a moratorium on federal executions while the Justice Department conducts a review of its policies and procedures. Donald Trump’s Justice Department resumed federal…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The third-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House is embarking on a listening tour to talk up the Biden administration’s federal aid package and push for Medicaid expansion in states that have not taken that step. U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn on Thursday laid out his “Help is Here” town hall tour, which kicks off Tuesday…
South Carolina will allow college athletes at NCAA schools to profit immediately from their names, images and likenesses instead of waiting until 2022.
The Supreme Court has upheld voting restrictions in Arizona in a decision that could make it harder to challenge other state limits put in place by Republican lawmakers following last year’s elections.
A man shot and killed by a deputy at his South Carolina home told the sheriff he would not surrender peacefully after he fired several shots at a family member earlier in the day.