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The FBI is conducting a planned search of President Joe Biden’s Rehoboth Beach, Delaware home as part of its investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents.

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Post-Trump Republicans Are All About Lower Taxes

Cultural populism may help win elections, but once in power the GOP tends to prioritize regressive economic policy.

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Will labor strife led by pilots become the airline industry’s next big obstacle?

With all four big airlines negotiating pilot contracts and several in talks with flight attendants and other groups, labor could again become a pain point for travelers and carriers alike.

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Halloween candy prices are skyrocketing—here's how much it'll cost this year

The price of candy has nearly doubled in recent months, driving up the cost of Halloween candy by 13.1%.

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With more working remote, companies tweak in-office culture to recruit new workers

Thanks to the pandemic, technology and just trends, traditional office life is becoming less appealing.

EU moves to ban products made with forced labor

The European Union has unveiled plans to ban products made with forced labor from the 27-nation bloc’s markets.

Official: Gang kills, burns former Haitian senator, nephew

A Haitian official says a former senator who worked for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has been killed in an upscale neighborhood near Haiti’s capital and his body set on fire along with his nephew

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Official: Gang kills, burns former Haitian senator, nephew

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A former senator who worked for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor was killed in an upscale neighborhood near Haiti's capital and his body set on fire along with his nephew, Government Commissioner Jacques Lafontant told The Associated Press on Sunday. The bodies of Yvon Buissereth and his unidentified nephew were found Saturday afternoon in the community of Laboule.

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Cyprus labor minister dies after suffering brain aneurism

Cyprus’ government says Labor and Social Insurance Minister Zeta Emilianidou has died in a hospital in the Greek capital after suffering a brain aneurism last month

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Australia election: PM Anthony Albanese secures majority government

The results in many seats had been unclear after a record vote for independents and minor parties.

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Asian shares mixed after Wall St barely misses bear market

Shares are mixed in Asia in cautious trading after Wall Street rumbled to the edge of a bear market on Friday.

Anthony Albanese: Australia's new PM sworn in ahead of Quad meeting

Two days after his election win, Anthony Albanese will fly to meet leaders of the US, India and Japan.

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Climate Won Australia’s Election. Wielding Power Will Be Harder

Voters have identified their issue. Whether incoming Prime Minister Anthony Albanese can deliver is an open question.

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Australian election 2022: Millions vote for next leader

The election sees incumbent PM Scott Morrison face off against Labor leader Anthony Albanese.

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Australia election: Why is Australia's parliament so white?

Australia is a multicultural country, but critics say those representing the country don't reflect this.

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Australia election: A simple guide

Australians go to the polls on 21 May, for the country's first election since 2019.

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How Climate Is Splintering Australia’s Political Parties

This week’s election will be a lesson for governments around the world, as rising fossil fuel prices make energy a hazardous issue to navigate.

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Novak Djokovic thought he’d aced Australian immigration. It now looks like a fault.

When the tennis star arrived in Melbourne on Wednesday, he stepped off the plane into a different country than the one where he’d won the Australian Open a year earlier.

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Congress passes import ban targeting forced labor in China

Bill bars imports from Xinjiang, home to millions of Muslim Uyghurs, unless businesses can prove products were made without slave labor.

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CDC says all adults 'should' get a booster shot amid concerns about omicron Covid variant

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told all U.S. adults to get a booster shot.

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Fauci says U.S. in 'active communication' with South African scientists about Covid variant

The U.S. will speak Friday with scientists from South Africa to "get the facts" on the emerging, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant detected there in a small number of samples, White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN's "New Day." Reviewing South Africa's research will help the U.S. better understand whether the novel B.1.1.529 variant can evade the antibody protection against the virus provided by vaccines and previous infection, Fauci said. Fauci emphasized that the U.S. is in "very active communication" with South African scientists, and is working to get the molecular makeup of the variant in order to conduct lab tests. B.1.1.529 contains even more mutations than the world's most dominant Covid strain, the highly transmissible delta variant. The new variant features roughly 50 mutations according to data presented by the South Africa Department of Health at a media briefing Friday.

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Parsi: Iran Does Not Want Dependence On Russia, China

Dr. Trita Parsi makes his predictions for the upcoming JCPOA negotiations in Vienna.

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Australia leader pushes voter ID law, courting right-wing support before election

Critics have labeled Scott Morrison’s plan “racist” and “Trumpian,” while the electoral commission has said evidence of fraud is “vanishingly small.”

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Dr. Fauci says U.S. Covid cases need to fall below 10,000 a day to get to a 'degree of normality'

The U.S. reported an average of nearly 83,500 new Covid cases every day over the last week, a 14% increase from the week before.

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Fauci says Rand Paul is 'egregiously incorrect' about gain of function research in Senate showdown

Sen. Rand Paul called on White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci to resign Thursday.

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Thousands of ocean fishing boats could be using forced labor – we used AI and satellite data to find them

Fishing on the high seas is a bit of a mystery, economically speaking.

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Australia was a pandemic hero. Mixed messages and rising cases are muddying the picture.

Shifting rules over who can get an AstraZeneca shot versus a Pfizer dose are giving worried Aussies whiplash.

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The U.S. Has Banned Seafood From A Chinese Company Over Suspicions Of Forced Labor

The import ban followed a year-long investigation that uncovered what officials called signs of forced labor within the company's fishing fleet, including physical violence and witholding of wages.

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Top Glove hopes to resolve U.S. seizure of its rubber gloves

Malaysia's Top Glove Corp., the world's largest rubber glove maker, said Wednesday it hopes to swiftly end a U.S. ban on its products due to allegations of forced labor after one of its shipment was seized at a U.S. port. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday it had seized a shipment of 3.97 million nitrile disposable gloves from Top Glove worth an estimated $518,000 at Cleveland port, Ohio.

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Israeli voters poised to send first Reform rabbi to Knesset

Gilad Kariv is poised to make history this month as the first Reform rabbi to win a seat in Israel's parliament. He first encountered Reform Judaism during a high school trip to the United States. He’s at the lectern, wearing a kippah as an Israeli," said Rabbi Rick Jacobs, head of the Reform movement in the U.S. who has lobbied the Knesset with Kariv, his Israeli counterpart, for nine years. They see Reform Judaism as a threat unlike secularism, said one expert. “Reform Judaism conveys an alternative interpretation of Judaism," said Shmuel Rosner, senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute in Jerusalem.

U.S. could start vaccinating young kids in early 2022, Dr. Fauci says

Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. The U.S. could begin vaccinating older kids against Covid-19 this fall while elementary-aged children may start getting their shots early next year, White House Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anthony Fauci told lawmakers on Wednesday. "For high school students, it looks like they will be available to get vaccinated in the beginning of the fall, very likely for the fall term," Fauci told lawmakers during a hearing with the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Fauci said researchers will likely have enough data on immunizations for younger children — 12 and under — to begin giving them shots in the first quarter of 2022, Fauci said. The Food and Drug Administration authorized the vaccines from Moderna and Johnson & Johnson's for people ages 18 and older, while Pfizer's vaccine can be used in people as young as 16.

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Mexico's ex-oil boss quits; Fuel oil burn to increase

Romero Deschamps will finally be resigning from his symbolic post as a worker at Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex, President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador announced Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Ismael Rojas, File)MEXICO CITY – The former leader of Mexico’s oil workers’ union will finally be resigning from his symbolic post as a worker at the state-owned oil company Pemex, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Tuesday. The resignation marks an end to the decades-long career of Carlos Romero Deschamps, once considered one of the most powerful and corrupt figures in Mexico. AdThis week, the beleaguered oil company has reportedly reached a deal with the state-owned electrical power utility to offload stocks of fuel oil that Pemex can't get rid of. The utility will take the heavily polluting fuel oil to burn at power plants, and return natural gas that Pemex cannot produce enough of.

Fauci warns U.S. Covid cases may 'plateau again at an unacceptably high level'

"Which means we might plateau again at an unacceptably high level." White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that Covid-19 cases in the United States may plateau again at a very high level, even as the nation rapidly administers three vaccines. Top U.S. officials, including Fauci, say rolling back restrictions too soon may reverse the downward trajectory in infections and delay the nation's recovery from the pandemic. Last week, Fauci said the Biden administration was taking the emergence of the New York strain "very seriously." He said U.S. officials would need to "keep an eye" on the strain, including the possibility that it could evade the protection of antibody treatments and vaccines.

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House panel advances $15 minimum wage as Democrats try to include it in Covid relief bill

A House committee early on Wednesday approved a portion of the Democratic coronavirus relief proposal which includes a $15 per hour minimum wage. However, the minimum wage hike may not survive due to rules governing what lawmakers can put in reconciliation bills. "We're trying to work as well as we can with the [Senate] parliamentarian to get minimum wage to happen," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters on Tuesday. The agency also projected a $15 minimum wage would increase the federal budget deficit by $54 billion over a decade. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has argued the budget effect means "we can clearly raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour under the rules of reconciliation."

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Biden talks economic recovery, introduces labor and commerce nominees

Biden talks economic recovery, introduces labor and commerce nominees President-elect Joe Biden held a news conference in Wilmington, Delaware, Friday to introduce his nominees to head the Labor and Commerce Departments. He also spoke about his plans for economic recovery amid the pandemic. Watch his remarks.

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Biden talks economic recovery, introduces labor and commerce nominees

Biden talks economic recovery, introduces labor and commerce nominees President-elect Joe Biden held a news conference in Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday to introduce his nominees to head the Labor and Commerce Departments. He also spoke about his plans for economic recovery amid the pandemic. Watch his remarks.

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When will the $300 unemployment benefit start? Officials don’t know

More than 20 million Americans are eagerly anticipating a $300 boost to their weekly unemployment benefits. More from Personal Finance:Covid relief bill gives $400 a week to some unemployed workersHow an extra $300 will affect unemployment benefits in your stateSome might not receive a $600 stimulus check this time around. Some state labor officials are also warning of a gap in benefits for millions of workers in unemployment programs set to expire this weekend. Trump adds uncertaintyTiming of the $300 subsidy also hinges on how soon President Donald Trump signs a Covid relief bill into law. For example, the relief bill offers 11 extra weeks of benefits to self-employed and gig workers and people collecting state unemployment insurance.

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Department of Justice Announces Joint Final Rule Regarding Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations in Department-Supported Social Service Programs

This rule ensures that religious and non-religious organizations are treated equally in DOJ-supported programs, and it clarifies that religious organizations do not lose their legal protections and rights just because they participate in federal programs and activities. “This joint final rule is another in a long line of steps this Administration has taken to restore and protect religious liberty and ensure equal treatment for people of faith.”This final rule ensures equal treatment for faith-based organizations, consistent with the Constitution and other federal law. It removes requirements in prior regulations that placed unequal burdens on religious organizations, cast unwarranted suspicion on them, and were in tension with their religious liberty rights. The final rule was drafted in response to Executive Order 13831, issued in May 2018. The Agencies considered those comments, modified their regulations to address concerns raised in the comments, and drafted responses included in the final rule.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci says U.S. is in a 'bad position' as daily coronavirus cases hit record highs

White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that the United States is in a "bad position" as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations surge in many parts of the nation. After Memorial Day, new cases began to climb again, surging to about 70,000 cases a day in July before plateauing at around about 40,000 in September. "We should have been way down in baseline and daily cases, and we're not," he said. Fauci's comments came after the U.S. reported its third consecutive record in average daily Covid-19 cases. Fifteen states hit record highs in hospitalizations.

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Fauci says public health measures to curb coronavirus spread could dampen flu season

The flu can kill between 12,000 and 61,000 people and hospitalize up to 810,000 people in the U.S. every year, Fauci said. A CDC study published in mid-September found that the flu season in the Southern Hemisphere between April and July was far more subdued compared with previous years. "They had a very, very light flu season," Fauci said, adding that the U.S. could "have the same thing" if people are vaccinated and practice public health measures. Commonly suggested public health measures to curb Covid-19's spread along with a flu vaccine "could substantially reduce influenza incidence and impact" this upcoming season, the researchers said. "Get yourself and your family vaccinated," Fauci said.

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CDC director says more than 90% of Americans remain susceptible to the coronavirus

A majority of the U.S. remains susceptible to a coronavirus infection, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told lawmakers Wednesday. One state said almost a quarter of its residents have had the coronavirus sometime this year, he added. He said the CDC is in the process of a "very large" study that seeks to more precisely determine how widely the virus has spread across the country. Further complicating the herd immunity approach is the matter of how antibodies against the coronavirus behave. Health officials have said there is not enough data yet to indicate that coronavirus antibodies ensure immunity against the virus or to determine how long any protection might last.

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Fauci tells Congress the U.S. could have enough coronavirus vaccine doses for every American by April

White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Wednesday "it might take some time" for FDA-approved inoculations for Covid-19 to become available because of the "rigorous clinical testing required" to develop a safe and effective vaccine. President Donald Trump has insisted that the U.S. could have a safe and effective vaccine by the end of October and have enough vaccine doses to inoculate every American by April. On Wednesday, Fauci shared a similar timeline for when vaccine doses could be available to all Americans, saying vaccine doses will be rolled out over the coming months and the U.S. should have 700 million doses by April. "In November you'll probably be maybe 50 million doses available. Fauci has previously said there is "no guarantee" that scientists will find a safe and effective vaccine.

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5 reasons why the Delano grape strike was so impactful

It might have been more than a half-century ago, but the impact of the Delano grape strike will always be felt -- not only in Hispanic history, but labor history in general.

As election nears, Boris Johnson tries to keep distance from President Trump

For years, Trump has publicly praised Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose Conservative Party is hoping to win a parliamentary majority in Dec. 12 voting. And the president is an unabashed proponent of Brexit, the planned split with the European Union that Johnson has vowed to bring to fruition. But the last thing Johnson wants during this visit is an open show of support from Trump. The Labor leader last week claimed that a leaked government dossier on preliminary U.S.-British trade discussions pointed to post-Brexit peril for the National Health Service, Britains much-criticized but beloved universal healthcare system. That drew an angry response from the family of one of the victims, who accused the prime minister of exploiting the tragedy for political gain.

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Proposed bill could lift age cap for autism health coverage

RICHMOND, Va. – Families whose children have autism could soon breathe a sigh of relief. On Tuesday, the House of Delegates Committee on Commerce and Labor unanimously voted in favor of a bill that would lift the age cap on autism health coverage. And although the services they need may lessen with age, autism doesn't stop," said McFarland. Lavada Guthrie and other parents with the Virginia Autism Project have been pushing lawmakers for this type of legislation. “No other prevalent health condition, including asthma, diabetes and cancer, has coverage limits imposed based on the age of the patient, and I believe age limits do not belong on coverage for autism," said Delegate Bob Thomas (R-Stafford), the patron of the bill.

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