In the recent March jobs report, the unemployment remained 3.8%, near a 49-year low. And while minorities and women have been making gains, not all news about the tightening labor market has been good news. Minorities still face unemployment levels that are double that of their white counterparts, while young adults in large cities and counties struggle to find employment at all.
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Disney announced Thursday at the company’s investor day that Disney+ will be available starting on November 12 for $6.99 per month or $69 per year. Disney has already confirmed a number of television series and films solely available on Disney+. All films released in 2019 will also be available on Disney+ as soon as their theatrical and home entertainment windows have closed.
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In the first quarter, the S&P 500 got off to its best start to a year since 1998, surging 13.1 percent. After a lousy fourth quarter of 2018, a “reversion to the mean” wasn’t all too surprising in a solid economy facing few obvious obstacles.
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When outgoing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hands over the keys of the city to newly elected Lori Lightfoot in May, he'll be passing on, among other things, a K-12 system at the top of its game.
Though not without battle wounds – some of them still raw – Emanuel's tenure comes to a close at a time when the Chicago Public Schools system is boasting an all-time high graduation rate nearing 80 percent. During his stewardship, students' average test scores improved by roughly six grade levels, and they're now learning at a faster rate than 96 percent of all school districts in the country, including their wealthier and more well-resourced peers.
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Commonly when a person is diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, the focus turns to managing the disease – for a lifetime. And typically that's exactly the course it takes; once an individual develops diabetes, that person has the chronic condition – in which the body isn't able to use insulin produced by the body to bring blood sugar levels into a normal range.
However, increasingly research finds that in some instances diabetes may be reversed, or – to use the parlance more commonly associated with cancer – a person may be able to achieve remission. That is, in some people previously diagnosed with diabetes, their blood sugar is now back in a non-diabetic range without medication.
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Gloria Mackenzie became the biggest single Powerball winner in US history when she took home the $278m (£209) windfall six years ago.
But the Florida resident claims the money was put into poor investments, costing her millions of dollars.
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North Korean state media reported the comments by Mr Kim on Saturday.
In a speech, he urged Mr Trump to pursue a deal that was "fair" and "mutually acceptable" to both nations.
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The Republican president tweeted that his antagonists should be "very happy" about the idea given their "open borders, open arms policy".
He said he was targeting so-called sanctuary cities, which have policies to aid undocumented immigrants.
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Rancid eggs, Stasi-esque ‘buffet thief’ police and a Jack Johnson soundtrack. No more! These are the breakfast commandments that every hotel needs to comply with.
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If you've ever shunned a session of HIIT in exchange for a good old-fashioned soak, rest assured, you probably didn't do yourself any harm.
In fact, research suggests that taking a hot bath actually simulates many of the same health benefits triggered by exercise, perhaps suggesting that you should spend more time relaxing and less time hitting the pavement.
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