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New York’s Staten Island Ferry runs 5.2 miles across the harbor for free, 24 hours a day; the 25-minute ride carries well over 16 million passengers a yearExperience the charm of New York City with a complimentary ride on the Staten Island Ferry, a beloved tradition spanning nearly thirty year...- In 1995, Bette Midler launched NYRP to restore neglected spaces in New York. 30 years later, it has planted 200,000+ trees and restored 350+ green spaces for New YorkersThirty years after Bette Midler began picking up trash in a New York park, the New York Restoration Project has developed into an organizat...
- US firms laying off Americans and hiring H-1B workers to face closer scrutiny: What Trump's new order meansUS President Donald Trump has directed federal agencies to consider employers' past and planned layoffs when reviewing H-1B visa petitions ...
- NASA sent seeds into space for nearly 6 years; after they returned, 132,000 experiment kits reached 3.3 million students in 30 countriesIn April 1984, NASA launched a satellite carrying 12.5 million tomato seeds into orbit to test how space radiation affects biological life....
- America in focus: Affordability concerns rise as Fed hikes key rate, mortgage rate reaches nearly 7%The US economy remained in focus as inflation, borrowing costs and consumer spending has been shaping the outlook for households and busine...
- Meet Tom Hodgdon, a California rancher who built a two-story cabin in 1879; 81 years later, the National Park Service moved it to Wawona’s Pioneer Yosemite History CenterThe Hodgdon Homestead Cabin, constructed in 1879, found its new home in Yosemite National Park after being meticulously disassembled. This ...
- Washington upgraded 7,474 low-income homes with insulation and repairs that stopped heat from escaping; households saved about $189 a yearWashington State's weatherization initiative made a significant impact in just one year by enhancing the quality of low-income homes. This ...
- US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fallUS unemployment claims dropped unexpectedly last week, though this may reflect holiday volatility. The underlying labor market trend shows ...
- Heat stress cost India $9 per tonne of CO2 in lost labour productivity in 2025India experienced significant labour productivity losses due to heat stress in 2025. A study revealed that each tonne of carbon dioxide emi...
- Operation Epic Fury: IG report reveals $33B war costs, loss of multiple F-15E Strike Eagles, and diplomatic strainMonths of bombing and missile attacks on Iran are yet to yield any substantive gains to the US. While President Donald Trump has on several...
- Ahead of Fed meeting, Trump says US should have world's lowest interest ratePresident Donald Trump stated the United States should have the world's lowest interest rates. He expressed this view ahead of the Federal ...
- Recruiter told a 32-year-old woman her salary expectations were far above the company’s budget and rejected her application, but she said she was proud she did not offer to work for less just to stay in the runningA Reddit user’s job application was rejected after she gave a salary range she believed matched her experience, but she said the rejection ...
- US consumer prices accelerate in August, push Fed closer to rate hikeIn August, consumer prices surged, strengthening the anticipation of Federal Reserve rate hikes. The core inflation saw its most substantia...
- Gold climbs on dip buying, Fed hike bets rise after US inflation dataGold prices firmed over one percent on Friday, finding a short-term floor. Strong United States inflation data lifted expectations of a Fed...
- Gold lingers near one-week low ahead of US CPI dataAs U.S. rate hike expectations firmed up, gold prices remained near a one-week low. The market is gearing up for the pivotal U.S. consumer ...
- US producer inflation tops expectations as diesel costs jumpUS wholesale inflation picked up more than expected in August, government data showed Thursday, driven by higher energy costs in the month ...
- US unemployment claims dip to 206,000 as layoffs continue to remain rareUnemployment claims have experienced a modest decline last week, remaining historically low. Companies are reluctant to make layoffs, recal...
- Cognizant’s US immigration troubles: From visa lawsuits to latest green-card filing suspensionCognizant’s US immigration practices are back under scrutiny after authorities suspended its employment-based green-card filings amid a fed...
- Cognizant’s US green-card filings suspended amid fraud probe: What it means for employeesCognizant’s US green-card labour certification filings have been suspended amid a federal fraud investigation, according to Labor Departmen...
- Labor Day 2026: What’s open and closed on Monday, from banks and post offices to Walmart and CostcoLabor Day 2026 is being observed on Monday, September 7, giving Americans a chance to honor the contributions and achievements of workers a...
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