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The job market is getting worse. So why are stocks booming?

It’s getting harder to find a job and easier to lose one. Employers are hiring workers at a steadily lower rate while laying them off at a rising one, according to data from the Chicago Federal Reserve. The unemployment rate has been ticking up, and job growth has been slowing. This said, our picture of […]

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'He was very opposed to tariffs': Former Reagan adviser says Ontario anti-tariff ad was fair to the former president

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Russia is stoking a 'humanitarian crisis' with attacks on Ukrainian natural gas infrastructure, G7 ministers told

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Cenovus ‘resolute in our commitment’ to MEG deal, CEO says

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Judge suggests better addiction supports after Winnipeg overdose death

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Education minister orders northern Ontario school board to resolve dysfunction

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Heading into the city for the Toronto Blue Jays game? Here’s what you need to know

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Monkey escape in Mississippi gives a glimpse into the secretive world of animal research

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Another state bans cellphones in schools over social media fears

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Mississippi’s escaped monkeys sparks wave of conspiracy theories and question

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Trump quiets fears of US strikes inside Venezuela — at least for now

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Judges call on Trump team to use emergency funds for SNAP food stamps hours before families face ‘terror’

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Nobody hears the people sing: Ticket sales at Kennedy Center plunge by nearly 50% after Trump takeover

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Four airlines join together to urge Democrats to fund the government and pay air traffic controllers

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Speaker Johnson awkwardly corrects cabinet member who says ‘we’ shoulder blame for SNAP food benefits going unpaid

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French cyclist, 77, survives for three days on red wine after plunging down 130ft ravine

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The GOP’s top think tank just defended an open Nazi

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Trump just decided ICE has been too nice

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The “welfare queen” stereotype is back — and it’s going viral

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‘PIP still needs reform’ to cut benefits bill despite Timms review confusion

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China Is Stamping Out Dissident Art

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Trump wants to shatter the filibuster, another Senate norm. Republicans are pushing back.

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Sixty years after tourist stole skull from cathedral, he sends it back

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US judge blocks Trump administration from halting Snap food benefits

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Disney pulls channels from YouTube TV over fee dispute

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More than 60,000 flee Sudanese city after its capture by RSF militia, says UN

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Canada's Carney to visit Xi in China, marking 'turning point' in relations

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Prince Andrew has lost his titles but could still be King. What else does he keep?

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Musk’s SpaceX set to win $2 billion satellite deal with Pentagon, report says

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Parts of New York City under floodwater as torrential rain hits Big Apple

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Researchers say this is what Americans fear the most

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French minister gives Louvre security update following crown jewel heist

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Rough weather arrives as Hurricane Melissa heads toward Canadian waters

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