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If you’re one of the millions of unemployed Americans looking for work right now, it’s clear the job market is tough.Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that in August, the number of job seekers outpaced available openings in the US for the first time since April 2021. The shift comes amid a wave of layoffs this year across major employers, including Amazon, Meta, and GM.For many out-of-work Americans, it’s easy to feel discouraged — but there’s still hope. WalletHub has ranked the best and worst cities in the US for job hunters, showing where your odds might be…
Elon Musk isn’t afraid to commit to the bit.One day before he officially acquired Twitter for $44 billion in 2022, he shared a video on his account that showed him carrying a sink into the social media platform’s former headquarters in San Francisco.”Entering Twitter HQ — let that sink in!,” Musk wrote.During Friday’s episode of the “All-In” podcast, Musk said that the video, which now has 1.2 million likes and 202,000 reposts, almost didn’t happen.”Well, I think the store was confused because my security team was asking for any kind of sink, and normally, people wouldn’t ask for any kind…
2025-11-01T13:35:02Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Watch favorites like Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” and David Fincher’s “Zodiac.” There are also Netflix originals like “Frankenstein” and “Train Dreams.” And a documentary on the life and career of Eddie Murphy. From Oscar Isaac bringing the dead back to life in “Frankenstein” to Jim Carrey playing a hilarious private…
Joe Kennedy III, 45, is the grandson of Robert F. Kennedy.In 2020, Kennedy, who attended Stanford University for his undergrad and Harvard Law School, lost the senate primary against Ed Markey, becoming the first Kennedy to lose an election in Massachusetts history.Still, he’d go on to serve as a United States representative for Massachusetts from 2013 to 2021 and he held the position of United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland from 2022 to 2024.Kennedy first came to national attention in 2018 when he gave the Democratic Party’s response to former President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address.Kennedy served…
This story is based on an interview with Melanie Copeland, 45, of Buckingham County, Virginia, the author of “Trailblazing Tiny: A Guide to Breaking Free.” Copeland runs a handyman business with her husband, John, 46. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.My husband, John, and I had been considering moving into a tiny home for a few years before we finally did so in February 2018.The popularity of tiny homes on wheels was significantly smaller than it is now, and it was challenging to find a wealth of information on blogs and social media platforms, such as YouTube.Still,…
Many Head Start programs across the country won’t open their doors on Monday.Nearly 65,000 children in Head Start programs nationwide may lose access in the coming days after missing their November 1 funding deadline for federal grants due to the ongoing government shutdown, according to the National Head Start Association. Over 22,000 staff at these centers are also at risk of losing their jobs or being furloughed.Head Start is a federally funded program that provides childcare and early education to over 715,000 children from low-income families, from birth to age 5. Those eligible for Head Start programs are families who…
2025-11-01T21:56:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Sprouts Farmers Market is on track to open dozens of locations in 2025. The company is targeting the Midwest and Northeast for its long-term expansion. I visited a Sprouts store to see what it’s like. There’s a health-focused grocery chain that’s opening dozens of new locations — and it’s…
Ontario’s premier didn’t apologize for airing an anti-tariffs ad that angered President Donald Trump — but Canada’s prime minister did. Now, Canadians are using social media to process the awkward situation.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Saturday that he had privately apologized to Trump on Wednesday over an Ontario-produced ad featuring remarks from the late President Ronald Reagan, who discussed tariffs in a 1987 speech.The ad, which was posted online and aired during early games of the World Series matchup between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers, angered Trump and led him to call off US…
It seems that many women have known they want to become mothers for almost their entire lives. Some even dream of how many children they will have and what their names will be. For others, like me, the decision to become a mother wasn’t as clear. And, at times, the idea seemed downright terrifying.I’ve been ambivalent for a long timeThe idea of having children couldn’t have been further from my mind as a teenager and young adult. In my 20s, I wavered between ambivalence and fear. God forbid I had gotten pregnant with any of the men I dated at…
cbarnesphotographyChina will “effectively eliminate” all existing and proposed rare earth and critical mineral export controls and will end investigations into U.S. chipmakers and other major companies, the Trump administration said on Saturday. The White House released a fact sheet outlining