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This May 5, 2021 photo shows Hiring signs are posted outside a gas station in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pa., in May 2021.

New Jobless Claims In Florida Continue To Fall

The state’s unemployment rate now stands at 4.9% as some industries continue to report that people are slow to return to work.

In a May 6, 2021 file photo, a farmer, Teklemariam Gebremichael, who said he was shot by Eritrean forces in Enticho six months before and is still recovering, speaks to a doctor, left, at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Eritrea's chief of staff of the defense forces.

U.S. Sanctions Eritrean Military Leader Over Human Rights Abuses In Ethiopia War

Thousands of people have been killed in the 9-month-old civil war in Ethiopia. The U.S. accused an Eritrean leader of overseeing massacres, widespread sexual assault, and the executions of boys.

Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of ivermectin, an anti-parasite drug, to treat COVID-19, amid warnings that it can cause harmful side effects and there's little evidence it helps.

Poison Control Centers Are Fielding A Surge Of Ivermectin Overdose Calls

The nation's poison control centers saw a 245% jump in reported exposure cases from July to August as more people take the anti-parasite drug that some falsely claim treats COVID-19.

A hiring sign in a store window in Manhattan in August.

U.S. Hiring Slows Sharply As Latest Coronavirus Surge Slams The Brakes On The Economy

Hiring slowed in August as a surge in new coronavirus infections weighed on the economic recovery. Employers added just 235,000 jobs last month, a sharp drop from June and July.

Prison Poet Laureate speaks for Florida's incarcerated

As Florida Prison Poet Laureate, Christopher Malec serves as the voice from behind prison walls.

A view of the Florida state Capitol building in Tallahassee. One Republican state lawmaker has introduced a restrictive abortion bill that is drawing comparisons to the ban recently enacted in Texas.

A Florida Lawmaker Is Proposing A Restrictive Texas-Style Abortion Bill

The bill would ban most abortions as early as around six weeks, allow people to sue anyone who helps end a pregnancy after that point and fine physicians $10,000 for each such abortion they perform.

Anti-riot police officers face demonstrators during a protest against the obligation of green pass, in their attempt to reach Chigi Palace government office in Rome, Italy, on October 09, 2021.

Pelosi's trip to Rome was disrupted by violent anti-vaccine mandate protests

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had to be escorted from a Mass in Rome on Saturday after major protests against Italy's new vaccine mandates broke out.

Nigerian billionaire Tony Elumelu hopes to create job opportunities by investing in African startups. Above: Elumelu, center right, speaks at an entrepreneurship event in July 2015.

To End Poverty, Billionaire Gives $10,000 To 10,000 Entrepreneurs

Tony Elumelu made his fortune off banking and real estate. Now he wants to spread the wealth and create jobs by investing in African startups.

After making history Monday, weightlifter Laurel Hubbard thanked the International Olympic Committee "for living up to the Olympic values and showing that sport is for all and that weightlifting can be done by all types of people."

Trans Athlete Laurel Hubbard Has Made Olympic History Competing In Individual Event

"Thank you to the IOC for living up to the Olympic values and showing that sport is for all and that weightlifting can be done by all types of people," Hubbard said after her competition.

Former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean, who co-chaired the 9/11 Commission, testifies in 2011 in Washington, D.C.

9/11 Commission Leader Says Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Panel May Be Too Partisan To Succeed

Thomas Kean, who co-chaired the 9/11 Commission, tells NPR that an inquiry into the Capitol breach should be done by people who are not in politics.

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