U.S. job growth rebounded sharply in March as a strike by healthcare workers ended and temperatures warmed up, but downside risks for the labor market are mounting from a war with Iran that has no clear end in sight. The biggest increase in nonfarm payrolls in 15 months reported by...
Trump Proposes to Begin Privatizing Us Airport Security Operations
President Donald Trump on Friday proposed to begin the process of privatizing airport security operations handled by the Transportation Security Administration, the federal agency created after the September 11, 2001, attacks. The White House budget proposes cutting the TSA budget by $52 million and would require small airports to enroll...
US Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Iran, Search Underway for Crew, US Official Says
A U.S. fighter jet was shot down over Iran and a search and rescue operation was underway for any survivors, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday, in the first such known incident since the U.S. launched its war with Iran on February 28. The official, who spoke on condition...
BUNT., Malou Release New Song Before Coachella. Here’s How It Sounds
BUNT. and Malou dropped their new track "i need u" on Friday, with Arista Records giving GV Wire an advance listen. The song doesn’t start with a bang — it starts with a whisper. A hypnotic one. The song opens slowly, almost cautiously, with Malou repeating the same aching words...
Trump Hails Strike on Iranian Bridge, Warning ‘More to Follow’
President Donald Trump celebrated a strike on a highway bridge near Tehran, Iran, on Thursday, warning on social media that there was “much more to follow.” The attack on the B1 bridge between Tehran and the shores of the Caspian Sea killed eight people and wounded 95, according to Ghodratollah...
Hershey’s Promises to Use Only Real Chocolate After Backlash
For weeks, Brad Reese, a grandson of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup inventor, has been on a mission to restore the legacy of the candy that bears his family’s name. It started when he bit into a Reese’s Mini Heart: “It was disgusting,” he said in an interview. Ever since,...
Fowler Police Seek Suspect in Leaf Blower Theft
Fowler police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man suspected of stealing a leaf blower from a pickup truck. The incident occurred Wednesday, March 18, at about 5:17 p.m. An unknown male walked to the back of a victim’s white pickup truck, grabbed a leaf blower, and then...
Trump Cuts US Duty Rates on Steel, Aluminum, and Copper Derivative Products
President Donald Trump adjusted his national security tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper imports on Thursday to cut duty rates on derivative products made with the metals, simplify compliance and avoid under-reporting of import values. In a proclamation signed by Trump, the United States will maintain a 50% import tariff...
Wall Street Ends Mixed as Worries Linger Before Good Friday Break
U.S. stocks ended slightly mixed on Thursday after paring deeper losses, as diplomatic signals from the Middle East helped calm markets rattled earlier by U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of tougher action against Iran ahead of a long holiday weekend. Investor sentiment steadied in the afternoon after Iran’s foreign ministry...
Ye Takes the Stage in Los Angeles, Hoping to Wash Away His Sins
For more than two hours Wednesday night, Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, performed on a futuristic orblike stage that was at times illuminated to resemble a spinning globe. For that finite amount of time, his half-decade of antisemitic and racist controversies did not seem to matter to...