The Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO, with which a dozen entertainment industry unions are affiliated, has set its policy agenda for the 118th Congress, centered on creating diverse talent pipelines, incentivizing diversity in hiring and strengthening creative professionals’ workplace rights. “Union professionals in the arts, entertainment, and media industries remain […]

Motor vehicle theft is a growing problem in the United States. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, or NICB, an anti-crime and insurance fraud nonprofit organization, 932,329 vehicles were reported stolen to law enforcement in 2021 – up 6% from the previous year and up 17% from 2019.  The […]

A report released by the National Association of Realtors on Tuesday showed existing home sales in the U.S. rebounded by much more than expected in the month of February. NAR said existing home sales spiked by 14.5 percent to an annual rate of 4.58 million in February after falling by […]

Key findings from the 2022 World Air Quality Report reveal the dangerous levels of air pollution measured in most of the 131 countries and regions under study. 118 countries exceeded the WHO annual PM2.5 guideline value of 5 µg/m3, says IQAir’s 5th Annual World Air Quality Report. The top five […]

March  19 marked the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a war that lasted eight years and involved the deaths of some 4,600 U.S. service members. The war was justified by the Bush administration, which stated its belief that Saddam Hussein had been secretly developing weapons of mass […]

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the ratings of the collapsed Signature Bank to junk, and will withdraw its ratings for business reasons. The rating agency also put the following six banks under review before deciding on downgrading them – First Republic Bank, Zions Bancorp., Western Alliance Bancorp, Comerica Inc, UMB […]

All inquiries from members of the press directed to Twitter’s official press email now receive the same automatic reply: a poop emoji. Elon Musk, who bought the social media company for $44 billion last year, relayed the update on his own Twitter feed over the weekend. The 51-year-old billionaire’s report […]

Amazon is laying off another 9,000 workers as job cuts in the tech sector expand at a time of growing economic uncertainty. It follows cuts last fall and early this year. “Given the uncertain economy in which we reside, and the uncertainty that exists in the near future, we have […]

President Joe Biden signed on Tuesday a new executive order intended to increase the likelihood a background check is conducted before the sale of guns in the United States. Though many polls show that the vast majority of Americans support universal background checks, Biden’s order does not go that far […]

2022 was the strongest year for gold demand since 2011, and demand was high largely because of purchases by central banks. Annual gold demand jumped 18% to 4,741 metric tons, aided by record fourth quarter demand of 1,337 metric tons, according to the World Gold Council. In all, central banks […]