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Erin Bird is the news writer for Bergen Newspaper Group. She writes about politics, health, and travel—and she's been doing it for years. She started her career as an intern at a local newspaper while in college and has been writing ever since.

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US jobless benefit claims fall last week as labor market remains strong

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WASHINGTON — U.S. applications for jobless benefits fell again last week as the labor market continues to hold up despite fears of a tariff-induced recession. Jobless claim applications fell by 9,000 to 215,000 for the week ending April 12, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s well below the 225,000 new applications analysts forecast. Weekly applications […]

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Hertz shares surge more than 50% after Bill Ackman takes big stake in rental car firm

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Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square took a sizable stake in Hertz, the rental car company that exited from bankruptcy four years ago, sparking a big rally. Shares of Hertz surged 56% on Wednesday after a regulatory filing revealed Pershing Square had built a 4.1% position as of the end of 2024. Pershing has significantly increased the position

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What we still need to learn from pandemic

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Social distancing, school closures, and stay-at-home orders became hotly disputed during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis. How should these protocols be viewed today? The new book “In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us” by a pair of Princeton University professors finds no evidence these “non-pharmaceutical interventions” actually reduced mortality rates. What the co-authors do find

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Is Zoom down? Users report problems with video conferencing software

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Zoom, the popular video communications service, was down for tens of thousands of users Wednesday, according to website tracker Downdetector. At around 3:00 p.m. EST Wednesday, roughly 68,000 users reported problems using the videoconferencing tool. Most Zoom customers reported issues using the web application, while many also said they couldn’t successfully use the mobile app,

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Forever 21 Creditors Face Large Losses Under Bankruptcy Plan

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Suppliers, vendors and other unsecured creditors of Forever 21 are “getting smoked” under a restructuring plan that envisions paltry recoveries on debts owed by the bankrupt fast fashion retailer, a lawyer for the company’s unsecured creditors said on Tuesday. At a virtual hearing before a Delaware-based US bankruptcy judge, attorney Justin Alberto, who represents a

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UK inflation dips in March, potentially paving the way for another interest rate cut

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LONDON — Inflation in the United Kingdom fell for the second month running in March largely as a result of lower prices at the pump, official figures showed Wednesday, a move that is likely to pile pressure on the Bank of England to cut interest rates next month. The Office for National Statistics said consumer

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‘This is weakening the United States.’

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Harvard on Monday rejected demands by the Trump administration that link $9 billion in federal funding to compliance with changes to University governance and hiring practices, viewpoint “audits” of academic departments, students, and faculty, and other measures. The funding, more than $2 billion of which was frozen hours after Harvard responded to the demands, supports

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Amendment to Peru law raises fears of Amazon rainforest destruction

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BOGOTA, Colombia — A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law is drawing fierce backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon rainforest under the guise of economic development. The amendment eliminates the requirement that landowners or companies get state authorization before converting forested land to

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