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Jobs data for December will add to ongoing mixed signals in the U.S. labor market. On their own, those figures suggest a still relatively healthy jobs market. And the unemployment rate has been stuck at or above 4% for at least six consecutive months. Yet layoffs also remain subdued, creating a kind of deadlocked job market. “There are a confluence of factors that will lead the labor market to stabilize and possibly even warm up a little,” Berger wrote.

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Evacuation orders and an alarm sound were mistakenly sent to cellphones of residents all over Los Angeles County and beyond on Thursday afternoon. The text message warning was sent to millions of people around 4 p.m. local time, including in places far from where wildfires are burning out of control. “An EVACUATION WARNING has been issued in your area,” the text message read, in part. “My entire area just got an evacuation Amber alert, which turned out to be for West Hills, not Beverly Hills,” a user wrote on X. As if we’re not already anxiety-ridden enough.”“I got an evacuation warning phone alert in DTLA for a fire 20+ miles away,” another X user wrote.

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The Summary The Los Angeles-area fires are a worst-case scenario caused by powerful winds that struck after months without rain. For the Los Angeles area, the recent string of wildfires represents a worst-case scenario — unusually powerful and prolonged Santa Ana winds struck after months without significant rain. But the steep consequences of the blazes are not a surprise, according to an NBC News review of after-action reports following previous fires, wildfire risk maps, public meetings about wildfire risk and interviews with fire experts. The fires have forced nearly 180,000 people to evacuate, cut power to nearly half a million customers and burned thousands of homes. “It was not if, it was when” said Joe Scott, the chief fire scientist at Pyrologix, a wildfire risk consultancy that worked on the federal analysis.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s request to block criminal proceedings in his hush money case in New York, meaning a sentencing hearing scheduled for Friday can go ahead. While the appeal to delay sentencing was struck down by the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, Trump could still attempt to appeal the verdict itself. Trump’s lawyers said in court papers that if the Supreme Court did not intervene, the New York court would inflict “grave injustice and harm” on the presidency. Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the trial, had postponed Trump’s initial sentencing date in the wake of the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling. The immunity ruling dealt what proved to be a fatal blow to the election interference prosecution, led by special counsel Jack Smith.

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☆ 9 luxurious status symbols you might be tempted to buy in 2025
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-10 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

In 2024, vintage watches and expensive alarm clocks were the epitome of luxury. This year, however, $600 calendars and stained-glass lamps have become the new status symbols. Giant tote bags from Coach and oval-shaped Miu Miu glasses also signify luxury and taste in 2025. While 2024 was all about vintage watches and expensive alarm clocks, different status symbols are taking over in 2025. Here's a closer look at the luxurious products you'll see everywhere — and probably be tempted to buy — this year.

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☆ What to expect from the final jobs report for 2024
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-10 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —In 2024, job growth continued to cool off, settling back into a familiar gait that was roughly in line with the pace of job creation in 2010-2019. How that likely shaped up through December should become a lot clearer on Friday when the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the final jobs report for 2024 at 8:30 a.m. “2024 captured a very stable labor market, a labor market where supply and demand were in balance for the first time, post-pandemic,” Nela Richardson, chief economist at payroll company ADP, said Wednesday. While steady, sturdy and solid were ongoing themes in the jobs market through this past year, 2025 has the potential to be anything but. What the data shows ahead of Friday’s reportThe economic data teeing up Friday’s jobs report showed cooler, but still stable, labor market activity.

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☆ A wave of significant menu changes is reshaping fast food
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-10 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Other chains have also recently rolled out discounts, signaling that the fast food value meal wars are from over. In addition to the popular $5 meal, the McValue menu has buy-one, get-one-for-$1 options, as well as app-exclusive offers and food and drink deals organized by its franchisees. And with the first few months of the year typically the slowest for fast food chains, there’s extra pressure to get people to order. “With continued consumer pullback, fast food chains continue to look for ways to jump-start traffic and find some avenues for growth,” David Henkes, senior principal at food industry research firm Technomic, told CNN. “It’s mostly a continuation of what we were seeing last year as opposed to any type of new dynamic.”Here’s what’s new on menus:Dunkin’Dunkin’ added a new $5 breakfast meal deal.

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☆ Trump to endure embarrassment of criminal sentencing after last-ditch Supreme Court appeal fails
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-10 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The Supreme Court didn’t help Donald Trump … this time. But the sentencing hearing will nevertheless mean that Trump will be the first president to take office with a criminal conviction written into his official record. The proximity of the sentencing to Trump’s inauguration will create a stunning juxtaposition. It’s a judge that shouldn’t have been on the case,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club. Trump is expected, yet again, to ask the Supreme Court to weigh in.

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☆ The wildfires have a Hollywood producer wondering: Should I even stay in LA?
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-10 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Now, some in the entertainment industry are wondering whether they should stick around. asked Adam Wood, a producer and director in North Hollywood. Related Video Video shows the devastation from Hawaii wildfires"I could improve my lot financially by not being here," he said. It previously said the LA County Fire Department ordered film permits to be revoked for the communities of Altadena, La Crescenta, La Canada/Flintridge, and Unincorporated Pasadena. Still, Adler, the economic researcher, said he doubted LA would lose its position at the top of the entertainment industry.

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The "pizzagate" gunman who fired his rifle in a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant in 2016 after acting on a debunked conspiracy theory has died following a fatal traffic stop. Edgar Maddison Welch was shot by police over the weekend and died from his injuries on Monday, authorities in North Carolina said Thursday. Welch, who was 28 when the incident occurred, ended up surrendering to police after he did not find evidence to support the conspiracy theory, according to court documents at the time. He had carried an AR-15 rifle and revolver into the restaurant, according to investigators. "After the passenger failed to comply with their repeated requests, both officers fired their duty weapon at the passenger, striking him," Spry said.

Persons: Edgar Maddison Welch, Welch, Ping, Prosecutors, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Terry L, Spry Organizations: D.C, Ping Pong, Democratic, Associated Press . Police Locations: Washington, North Carolina, Kannapolis , North Carolina

☆ How Democrats are recalibrating on immigration: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-09 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Democrats recalibrate on immigration after bruising defeat to TrumpBy Sahil KapurAfter the issue served as a political albatross for them in the last election, Democrats are taking steps in the early days of the new Congress to recalibrate on immigration. The bill passed the House 264-159 earlier this week, with 48 Democrats voting for it. The openness of some Democrats to supporting a bill that stalled out last year comes as the party looks for an immigration reset heading into the second Trump administration. And voters who cited immigration as a top issue backed Trump over Harris 89% to 9%, according to the exit poll. But some Democrats say they have fallen out of touch with voters on the issue and led the party astray.

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☆ TSA reveals craziest confiscations of 2024, from snakes in pants to meth in crutches
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-09 | by ( Terry Dickerson | Terry Dickerson Is A News Associate With Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has dropped a list of the wildest prohibited items people have tried to sneak through airports in 2024. Knife inside laptop - Seattle Tacoma International AirportTSA found a knife inside the shell of a laptop that they claimed they didn't know was there. Meth hidden inside crutches - Portsmouth International AirportDuring an X-ray screening in New Hampshire, a mass was discovered in a crutch and methamphetamine was discovered wrapped in electrical tape. Live snakes inside pants - Miami International AirportCheck out this unofficial deleted scene from "Snakes on a Plane"! Replica IED walkie talkie - El Paso International AirportThis traveler in Texas was testing, testing the TSA's patience.

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Acquiring the Panama Canal falls into the category of something Trump may want but is also using as an economic pressure campaign. For years, he has felt that President Jimmy Carter should not have returned the Panama Canal to Panama. Yet, this person said, Trump believes his trolling could get some policies to cut his way and help with negotiations. Greenland is closer to New York than Copenhagen, and the United States briefly occupied it during World War II. “Let’s say somehow Donald Trump buys Greenland and renames [the Gulf of Mexico] the Gulf of America,” this person said.

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☆ More than 15,000 doctors sign letter urging Senate to reject RFK Jr. as health secretary
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-09 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Brandy-Zadrozny-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Brandy Zadrozny | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

More than 15,000 doctors have signed a letter urging senators to vote against confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of health and human services. “The health and well-being of 336 million Americans depend on leadership at HHS that prioritizes science, evidence-based medicine, and strengthening the integrity of our public health system,” the letter reads. “RFK Jr. is not only unqualified to lead this essential agency — he is actively dangerous.”The letter was posted online by the Committee to Protect Health Care, a physicians advocacy group. “This appointment is a slap in the face to every health care professional who has spent their lives working to protect patients from preventable illness and death,” the letter says. The Committee to Protect Health Care, which is not funded by the pharmaceutical industry or for-profit health corporations, has been active in opposing drug companies in state-level efforts to install prescription drug affordability boards.

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Now they find themselves — and their political future — on the shopping list of the incoming U.S. president. He told reporters that he would not rule out military or economic force to make the Arctic island part of the United States. But it comes a little suddenly.”Donald Trump Jr. poses for a selfie with a local man after arriving in Nuuk, Greenland on Tuesday. Scott Olson / Getty ImagesInger Skydsbjerg, an administration worker in Nuuk, told Danish television channel DKTV that she was in favor of remaining linked to Copenhagen and "not so happy" with Trump's designs. “We are a peaceful country and we want to live our own life,” he told DR. “And then to make threats like that, that is far beyond the line.”

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Under the rule, insurance companies are permitted to pass on the cost of reinsurance to consumers, although at an amount that can't exceed an industry standard. Reinsurance is protection that insurance companies acquire to shield themselves from catastrophic claim events. Typical property insurance policies, however, don't generally cover damage from disasters such as earthquakes, floods and landslides. The concern isn't whether insurance companies will pay out for damage but rather how much and how long it will take, Bach said. California does have an insurance program under the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan, established in the 1960s, which provides fire insurance coverage for high-risk properties.

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☆ Lebanon's army chief elected president, showing regional shifts
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-09 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys U.S. approval and showing the diminished sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after its devastating war with Israel. It also indicated a revival of Saudi influence in a country where Riyadh’s role was eclipsed by Iran and Hezbollah long ago. The terms require the Lebanese military to deploy into south Lebanon as Israeli troops and Hezbollah withdraw forces. Aoun, 60, has been commander of the U.S.-backed Lebanese army since 2017. On his watch, U.S. aid continued to flow to the army, part of a long-standing U.S. policy focused on supporting state institutions to curb Hezbollah’s influence.

Persons: Joseph Aoun, Bashar al, Assad, Michel Aoun’s, Aoun, Nabih Berri, Suleiman Frangieh, Anwar, ” Michel Mouawad, “ Organizations: Maronite, Amal Movement, Anwar Amro, Getty, Reuters, World Bank, Washington, Lebanese Locations: Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Saudi, Aoun, Beirut, AFP, Paris, U.S

President Biden and others will honor former President Jimmy Carter at a funeral in Washington, D.C. And the end of fact-checking on Meta suggests a new era of social media is upon us. Today’s forecastAlthough the ferocious winds that have fueled the fires were expected to gradually diminish overnight, dangerous conditions are expected to persist. President-elect Donald Trump is blaming President Biden and California Gov. Carter has laid in state at the U.S. Capitol since Tuesday and is in the Washington National Cathedral for today’s funeral service. After the funeral, Carter will make his final journey to his hometown of Plains, Georgia, where he will be buried alongside his wife, Rosalynn Carter.

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☆ Elon Musk says DOGE probably won’t find $2 trillion in federal budget cuts
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-09 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Is A Tech Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Musk hadn’t waved people off the number until Wednesday, and it has been widely cited in reports about DOGE’s plans. “Do you think the $2 trillion is a realistic number now that you’re looking more closely at it?” he asked. I think that’s the best-case outcome,” Musk said. I think if we try for $2 trillion, we’ve got a good shot at getting 1,” he said, meaning $1 trillion in spending cuts. Penn also asked whether Musk had “identified some cuts that you’re really looking at, that you think will be successful.” Musk didn’t name any specific cuts, though he said generally that it’s a “very target-rich environment for saving money.”

Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Musk, Mark Penn, Musk’s, he’d, “, hadn’t, Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump, didn’t, Ramaswamy, Bill Clinton, Clinton, ”, ” Musk, we’ve, Penn Organizations: Tech, Department of Government, Trump, Madison, Republican Locations: New York, Penn

☆ Capitol Police arrest man with machete at entrance for Jimmy Carter viewing
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-09 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

ET as it went through an X-ray machine at the Capitol Visitor Center. As officers investigated, screening at the north site of the Visitor Center was paused for about an hour, the agency said. “This vigilance is critical during this time of heightened security.”Capitol Police have made other arrests at the Visitor Center over the past year. In November, Capitol Police arrested a man officers said was carrying a flare gun, a torch lighter and bottles of fuel. Earlier last year, the agency said it arrested a man attempting to enter the Visitor Center with a hammer.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Mel J, Horne, " Horne, Donald Trump, Carter, J, Thomas Manger Organizations: Capitol Police, Washington , D.C, Police, Capitol Visitor Center, Visitor Center, Congress, U.S . Capitol, Capitol, Republicans, Washington National Cathedral . Capitol Police Locations: Washington ,, Virginia

Both sides say the tentative agreement will avoid a looming strike at midnight Jan. 15. The primary sticking point in talks between the International Longshoremen's Association and the Maritime Alliance was automation. The Maritime Alliance has said it was not seeking to implement automation to replace workers. The tentative agreement caps months of back-and-forth between the workers and the ports. The union says details of the agreement will not be released until rank-and-file workers are able to review it.

Persons: dockworkers, Harold Daggett, Morgan Organizations: U.S . Maritime Alliance, USMX, International Longshoremen's Association, Maritime Alliance, ILA Locations: Boston, Miami, Gulf, Mobile , Alabama, Houston, East, J.P

The Summary Demand for water to fight the Palisades Fire led the community’s water tanks to temporarily dry up. Immense demand for water to fight the fast-moving Palisades Fire led all three of the community’s water tanks — and some fire hydrants — to temporarily dry up in the last 24 hours or so. Janisse Quiñones, chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said the Palisades water system sustained four times its usual demand for 15 hours straight. According to the water department, crews trying to reroute water at one point had to evacuate because of the fire’s intensity. “We have three large water tanks, about a million gallons each.

Persons: —, Janisse Quiñones, ” Quiñones, ” Organizations: Palisades Fire, Los Angeles Fire Department, Fire, Firefighters, Los Angeles Department of Water Locations: Altadena

WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel Alito confirmed Wednesday that he took a phone call from Donald Trump one day before the president-elect asked the Supreme Court to halt his upcoming sentencing, but insisted that the case was not discussed. "I agreed to discuss this matter with President-elect Trump, and he called me yesterday afternoon," Alito said in the statement, which was first reported by ABC News. On Wednesday morning, Trump asked the Supreme Court to halt legal proceedings in his hush money case ahead of his sentencing hearing, which is scheduled for Friday. The Supreme Court has not yet responded to Trump's request. Alito said that he and Trump "did not discuss any other matter that is pending or might in the future come before the Supreme Court or any past Supreme Court decisions involving the President-elect."

Persons: Samuel Alito, Donald Trump, Alito, William Levi, Trump, Trump's, Martha, Ann Alito Organizations: WASHINGTON, ABC News, Trump Locations: York, New York

☆ An iconic LA high school with A-list alumni that was a set for films including 'Carrie' has been partially destroyed by a wildfire
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-09 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

LA's Palisades Charter High School was damaged by a wildfire on Tuesday. A wildfire partially destroyed an iconic Los Angeles high school with A-list alumni, which was used as a set for iconic films including "Freaky Friday" and "Carrie." Palisades Charter High School, which was set to start a new term next week, set on fire on Tuesday evening. Palisades Charter High School has a rich pop culture legacySissy Spacek at Bates High School Senior Prom in the horror film 'Carrie', 1976. Palisades Charter High School was used as a location for Beacon Hills High School in "Teen Wolf."

Persons: J.J Abrams, Forest Whitaker, Carrie, Olivia Rodrigo, PCHS, Pam Magee, Sissy Spacek, Stephen King's, Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis, J, Abrams, Cindy Ord, Gracie Abrams, Kanata, Rose Gilbert, I'd, Gilbert, Whitaker, Chris Pizzello, Butler, Oscar, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Leon Bennett, Whitaker's, Bryan Steffy, Scott Berg, Steve Kerr Organizations: High School, California Department of Education, Palisades Charter High School, LA Times, PCHS, Business, Staff, Charter High, Bates High School, Buena Vista, Beacon Hills High School, MTV, The LA Times, Getty, Force, Collider, Variety, Golden State Warriors Locations: Forest, Angeles, Los Angeles, Buena, Atlanta, LA, Palisades, Ridgemont

☆ US dockworkers struck a deal with their employers, averting a strike that could have crippled shipping
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-09 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

This deal averted a potential strike involving thousands of dockworkers. The strike would have crippled shipping lines along the East and Gulf Coasts. ADThe two sides said in a joint statement that this will allow them to avoid any work stoppages on January 15. The strike would have potentially paralyzed shipping lines along the East and Gulf Coasts. The strike ended when the union secured higher pay, while other contract negotiations continued, and members returned to work.

Persons: USMX, dockworkers, Donald Trump Organizations: Longshoremen's Association, US Maritime Alliance, Gulf Coasts, ILA, American Workers Locations: East, Gulf, Gulf Coasts

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