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New applications for unemployment benefits ticked down last week and hovered near historic lows, a sign the U.S. labor market remains tight despite indications of an economic slowdown.Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to a seasonally adjusted 229,000 last week from the previous week’s revised level of 231,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. That is slightly above the 2019 prepandemic weekly average of 218,000, when the job market was also historically tight. New applications for unemployment…

Four Tet, AKA Kieran Hebden, has announced that he has settled his dispute with Domino Records over royalty rates.In August 2021, Hebden sought damages against the independent British record label for applying a historic royalty rate to streaming revenue and downloads of four studio albums he released on the label between 2001 and 2010.When Hebden signed to Domino in 2001, streaming services did not yet exist and his contract stipulated an 18% royalty rate for physical sales. With the advent of streams and downloads,…

File photo of Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte on Feb. 10, 2021 (left) A house sits in Rock Creek after floodwaters washed away a road and a bridge in Red Lodge, Montana, June 15, 2022.Photo: Thom Bridge/Independent Record - David Goldman (AP)Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, a man best known nationally for once body-slamming a reporter, has been missing for the past few days as the state experiences devastating and historic flooding. The governor’s office refuses to say where Gianforte currently is, only stating that he left the…

The ship's bell. Credit: University of East Anglia The wreck of one of the most famous ships of the 17th century—which sank 340 years ago while carrying the future King of England James Stuart—has been discovered off the coast of Norfolk in the UK, it can be revealed today. …

For nearly a century, the World’s Wonder View Tower in the town of Genoa has greeted travelers crossing through the Eastern Plains of Colorado. And for much of that time, the landmark was a thriving hub, one of those pieces of roadside Americana that people sought out — or simply happened upon — as they drove through big open spaces. The tower, built in 1926, accompanied a gas station and cafe where passersby could refuel and take in the views. And what a view it was. In the 1930s, the Wonder View was reportedly the…

A commercial crew spacecraft’s historic test mission …Recognizing the leadership of our <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>James Webb Space Telescope</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) is an orbiting infrared observatory that will complement and extend the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope. It covers longer wavelengths of light, with greatly improved sensitivity,…

A job fair in Riverhead, N.Y., in April. Jobless claims remain near 2019 prepandemic levels. Photo: Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday/Getty Images…

NASA wants to put a space station in orbit around the Moon. That sounds like a grand plan, but NASA has a strategy in place. One key part of that plan is the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE. NASA announced the mission in 2019 and now we finally know when to expect a CAPSTONE launch. Here’s what you need to know about the CAPSTONE launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSwJzy5LXb0 NASA and Rocket Lab are expecting to kick off preparation…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Politics PMN News Author of the article: Reuters Jonathan Spicer and Humeyra Pamuk and Robin Emmott Article content ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS — When Finland and Sweden signaled they were thinking of making the historic decision joining NATO, the alliance expected a tough response from Moscow, not from one of its own. Yet at a gathering of NATO foreign ministers with their Finnish and Swedish counterparts on Saturday to celebrate the biggest shift in European…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Politics PMN News PMN Crime Author of the article: Article content Members of hardline Hindu groups filed petitions in a court in northern India to stop Muslims from entering a historic mosque, until the court decides on an earlier plea seeking approval to look for any Hindu relics which may be on the site, lawyers said on Wednesday. Judges of a local court in Mathura, a Hindu religious town in Uttar Pradesh (UP) state, allowed the new petitions but have yet start…