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Some 1.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the coronavirus pandemic kept the US job market under pressure, new data show. That means workers have submitted more than 51 million initial jobless claims in 17 weeks amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression — a number larger than the populations …

President Trump gave the Central Intelligence Agency authorization to expand the scope of cyber attacks against foreign nations in a secret ruling in 2018, Yahoo! News reported on Wednesday. The ruling, known as a presidential finding, allowed the CIA to authorize more of its own cyber operations without obtaining direct approval from the White House. Drafted …

Joe Biden on Tuesday outlined a $2 trillion four-year plan to create economic opportunities and strengthen infrastructure through investments in clean energy technologies. Speaking in his hometown of Wilmington, Del., the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee announced a plan that would increase the use of clean energy in the transportation, electricity and building sectors. His campaign …

In an op-ed published Wednesday, top White House trade adviser Peter Navarro accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of being “wrong” in virtually all the determinations he made while coordinating the administration’s coronavirus response. “Dr. Anthony Fauci has a good bedside manner with the public, but he has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him …

COVID-19 forced Nom Wah Tea Parlor to chart a new course through its 100th year in business — and it leads straight to your freezer. After the pandemic shuttered the Chinatown dim sum destination, owner Wilson Tang decided to try something new: Freezing Nom Wah’s famous dumplings for patrons to prepare at home. The resealable …

Controversial YouTube star Jake Paul is in the hot seat again, this time for hosting a massive party at his California mansion Saturday — despite renewed COVID-19 restrictions in the Golden State. Wild video footage from the bash posted to social media and later by obtained by FOX 11 in Los Angeles shows dozens of …

Ghislaine Maxwell is secretly married — and refusing to reveal her husband’s name, prosecutors said this week at the accused madam’s bail hearing. Though the British heiress — who is accused of helping the late billionaire perv Jeffrey Epstein target underage girls — didn’t say the name of her mystery spouse, reports suggest it could …

Last August, British Prince protégée Lianne La Havas spent a very special day in Brooklyn: She performed at the Afropunk festival before her 30th birthday party later that night. This summer, though, any such celebrations are on a coronavirus pause, leaving her reflective. “I think I would’ve played longer if I had known,” said La …

Over a dozen high-profile Twitter accounts, including Joe Biden and Elon Musk, appear to have been hacked on Wednesday as part of an apparent scam that promised free bitcoins to tens of millions of users. “Feeling greatful, doubling all payments sent to my BTC address!,” read the a since-deleted tweet on Musk’s account, which misspelled …

Johnny Depp allegedly tried to write Amber Heard’s name in pee inside their trashed rental home while on a bender, a UK court heard Wednesday. Heard accused the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star of whipping out his privates while being escorted off the Queensland, Australia, property in March 2015 — telling security, “I need to …