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Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 lost 1.2% on Thursday, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 1.5%, erasing small gains registered in the previous session © Courtney Crow/New York Stock Exchange/AP US stocks and Treasuries slipped on Thursday, while the dollar strengthened, after a stronger than expected jobs report underlined the labour market’s resilience in the face of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive campaign to tackle high inflation.Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 lost 1.2 per cent, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 1.5 per cent, erasing small gains registered in the previous session. Meanwhile, Amazon’s shares shed 2.4 per cent a day…

Two senior ministers shared a heated moment on live television during a discussion about Islamic State brides after a repatriated wife was charged by police.Mariam Raad, 31, was charged on Thursday with entering an area controlled by a terrorist organisation following a joint investigation by the Australian Federal Police and NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team.It’s alleged the mother-of-four travelled to Syria in 2014 to join her husband, maths teacher turned ISIS recruiter Muhammad Zahab, who had left the year prior.Police say Ms Raad, who was among a group of 17 women and children to be returned to Australia from a…

Just under one million dollars is set to be spent on constructing a beach in Lake Parramatta for Western Sydney. The attraction is set to start being built in April.A poll of residents and community members completed by more than 100 people shows 68 per cent support the plan.The beach will feature umbrellas, seating, and sloping access into the lake. Source: Sky News

CNN  —  The US military introduced new rights on Wednesday for military parents, doubling the amount of leave time for service members who give birth and providing leave for new parents who don’t give birth, including those who adopt and foster long-term. The new policy gives 12 weeks of parental leave to service members who give birth, and 12 weeks of leave for the non-birth parent. Previously, only the birthing parent was authorized six weeks of leave. The policy also provides 12 weeks of leave for those who adopt or have a long-term foster care placement. The 12 weeks of…

A detention deputy in Florida was arrested after he allegedly sold “cannabis-laced brownies” to inmates at the jail he was working at and made a “few thousand dollars.”Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a press conference that Deputy Terry Bradford Jr. was arrested on Wednesday after learning from a source that he was being paid by inmates to bring the marijuana-laced brownies into the Faulkenburg Jail, according to FOX 13.Chronister said that Bradford arrived at the jail on Wednesday night carrying over a pound of the brownies.”He pledged to uphold all that is good and just. His greed got…

Stellantis’s Ram truck brand is behind its competitors on launching an electric pickup, with trucks from major rivals already on the market or coming soon. But Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has said the company is using its time to come up with features and capabilities competitors won’t have. That may include an extra row of removable fold-away seats. The Ram 1500 Revolution concept truck, unveiled Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, provides an early look at several features Ram’s future electric truck could have, including a rear passenger cabin wall that folds away, leaving the truck cab…

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A New York woman filed a $3.1 million lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani, claiming he demanded sexual favors and created a “toxic” work environment before firing her and stiffing her for work she’d already done, new court papers show. Noelle Dunphy, 43, claims she worked for the former mayor as “an off-the-books, secret employee” doing business development work from 2019 through 2021, when Giuliani allegedly “sexually harassed [her] and demanded sexual favors,” according to a Manhattan Supreme Court summons from Tuesday. “Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former US Attorney, once hailed as ‘America’s Mayor,’ is a sexual predator and abuser,” Dunphy’s filing…

New York CNN  —  Two months after Elon Musk laid off half of Twitter’s workforce, some employees affected say they have yet to receive any formal severance offer or separation agreement. One former Twitter employee told CNN that they had expected to receive some information from the company by Wednesday, the last official employment date for many workers affected by the first wave of layoffs under Musk based on state and federal notice period regulations. As of early Thursday, however, the former employee said they had yet to receive any documents related to a severance agreement or offer. Other laid-off…

CNN  —  President Joe Biden just made a point that’s surprising to those of us who’ve been closely following his administration’s approach to migration at the southern border. “I don’t like Title 42,” Biden told reporters following a speech at the White House Thursday afternoon. That comment was startling because it came minutes after his administration announced a program that effectively expands the controversial public health restrictions yet again. It was another sign that even as the administration publicly decries Title 42 and says it’s preparing to end it, officials have repeatedly turned to the Trump-era policy as a tool…