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Florida adds 21,800 jobs as unemployment falls to 4.5%
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was down slightly last month, decreasing from 4.6% in July to 4.5% in August. Meanwhile, the national seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.1% in August.
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Virginia governor ends regulatory push to protect girls’ sports
The State Board of Health had voted unanimously in August 2025 to move forward with regulations sought by a group of female athletes.
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Testosterone screening for 2M troops comes with no cost estimate
The screening applies to every active-duty and reserve service member age 30 and older, a population of about 2 million. But the guidance the Defense Health Agency issued this week says the numbers to be screened, tested, diagnosed and treated "are not currently known," and no prior guidance projected them.
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NASA declares Earth safe from major asteroid for the next 100 years
Strike was potentially looming in 2068.
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Border Patrol has released about 2,000 people into US without supplying a notice to appear in court
"I thought it was 150 people that they have released without a Notice to Appear, but it actually is getting now closer to 2,000 people they released," Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas said.
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Merriam-Webster adds new meaning for 'color-blind,' says it can show racism
The term "often suggests a refusal to acknowledge many racial inequities, or to acknowledge important aspects of racial identity."
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Michael Moore on Boulder shooting says angry gunman 'is as American as apple pie'
Moore tweeted that "a young man with anger issues & easy access to semi-automatic weapons who shoots up a nice town in Colorado is as American as apple pie."
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House panel clashes over extremism in armed forces, with no input from puzzled troops
The hearing was conducted while the Pentagon continued its mandatory stand-downs to address extremism in the ranks.
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With critical race theory back in vogue, legal activists take counteroffensive to courts
"It's teaching our young students to hate one another," says public interest law attorney Kimberly Hermann about critical race theory
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Utah governor signs bill requiring digital devices for sale be blocked from getting pornography
Critics demand that the governor veto the measure because it would be a violation of the First Amendment.
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Bills to protect campus free speech could make cancel culture worse, watchdog warns
Bills likely headed for governor's desk could expose students and professors to outrage mobs.
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VP's niece Meena Harris deleted tweet in which she assumed the Boulder shooting suspect was white
"I made an assumption based on his being taken into custody alive and the fact that the majority of mass shootings in the U.S. are carried out by white men," Meena Harris tweeted in explaining that she had deleted another tweet.
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Justice Department asks citizens to report hate crimes and incidents to law enforcement
The Justice Department aims to understand the scope of the overall issue, officials said during a background talk with reporters.