TOKYO – Japan’s jobless rate fell to 2.7% in December as employment posted the biggest monthly gain in nearly 36 years, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment…
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The High Court of Justiciary in Scotland has denied the appeal of three individuals and determined there is no bar to their extradition back to the United…
A Massachusetts high school biology teacher taught students that biological sex is fluid and easily changed, encouraging them to stop using “gendered terms” that marginalize groups who have been “persistently…
TOMS RIVER, NJ – The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for most of the Jersey Shore from Cape May to Sandy Hook. Windy blizzard conditions are expected…
Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of Jay U. Freedman of 1265 15th Street, Apt. 8C, Fort Lee, NJ on a charge of Causing or Risking Widespread Injury…
AMSTERDAM – Signify NV, the world’s largest lighting maker, reported a 6% increase in fourth-quarter core earnings on Friday, as higher sales offset a rapid increase in the prices of…
DELAND, FL – A DeLand man is facing enhanced charges in an unprovoked, racially prejudiced attack on a car occupied by three high school students at a gas station in…
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS -French-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics plans to double its investments this year to up to $3.6 billion, buoyed by high demand that drove its earnings to beat expectations…
By Jeanny Kao and Meg Shen TAIPEI -Taiwan’s economy grew last year at its fastest pace in more than a decade, driven by strong tech exports during the COVID-19 pandemic…
By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON – Shares of U.S. oil major Chevron Corp on Wednesday touched an all-time high intraday amid a strong stock market rally and ahead of the release…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The United States Attorney’s Office is joining with three Project Safe Neighborhoods community outreach partners in the launch of a 20-week in-school mentoring program for students at…
BRASILIA -Brazil’s outstanding public debt is expected to increase this year to a range between 6 trillion reais and 6.4 trillion reais, a rise of up to 14% on last…
WASHINGTON – Sales of new U.S. single-family homes jumped to a nine-month high in December, boosted by a severe shortage of previously owned houses on the market. New home sales…
LONDON -The British public’s expectations for inflation in 12 months’ time jumped to a record high in January, according to a monthly survey that will bolster the Bank of England’s…
TOKYO – An index measuring the prices Japanese firms charge each other for services hit a more than two-decade high in December, a sign inflationary pressure was building on rising…
SYDNEY – Australia on Tuesday recorded one of its highest number of deaths in a day from COVID-19 as an outbreak of the highly-infections Omicron variant tore through the country…
U.S. existing home sales soared to a 15-year high in 2021 fueled by low interest rates and remote work, which boosted a competitive housing market, the National Association of Realtors…
A high school in Oregon gave a presentation featuring a “Pyramid of White Supremacy” that discussed concepts like “white fragility” and “white saviorism,” according to documents obtained by Parents Defending…
The Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures inflation at the wholesale level, surged to 9.7% on a year-over-year basis as of December 2021, marking the highest rate in history, the…
FREEHOLD – Juvenile complaints have been filed against a number of Wall Township High School students as the result of two separate investigations conducted by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office,…
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky this week officially confirmed that the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus is not as deadly as the delta variant, but because there are significantly more…
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – On Thursday, January 6, 2022, the Honorable Vincent J. Militello, J.S.C., sentenced Denisse Ortega, 36, of New Milford, to 10 years in New Jersey State Prison…
Ford will nearly double its production capacity of electric F-150 Lightning trucks to meet “soaring” demand, the company announced Tuesday. The increase will allow Ford to make about 150,000 F-150…
President Joe Biden’s disapproval rating soared to a record high in December 2021 as voters showed widespread frustration with the president’s handling of the economy and leadership during the COVID-19…
With hospitals and long-term care facilities experiencing staff shortages across New Jersey, New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said she is requesting federal strike force teams to assist.…