Labor day travels are expected to be the busiest in three years, at a time of staffing shortages and picketing pilots. We speak to an expert to find out how to navigate the air travel mess. A possible assassination attempt is foiled after a man aims a pistol at the Argentinian Vice-President’s head. The suspect…

Summertime is the best time for an al fresco gathering. We’ve collected some suggestions to make sure that everyone, including you, has a great time and is clamoring for you to host another party. Live in an apartment or condo? Not a problem; reserve the common area party room. Celebrate! If you realize that you…

Two pandemic unemployment programs end, on Labor Day. Millions of Americans have lost benefits from the government. We talk to two retailers about their labor day sales and how the pandemic continues to pose challenges. And Amazon plans to roll out its own, Amazon-branded TV’s. It will be powered by Alexa, but one manufacturer is…

Starting on Labor Day, more than 7 million people across the United States will lose their pandemic unemployment benefits, and the White House isn’t planning to extend the program. The emergency federal jobless benefits of $300 per week was a key provision of the CARES Act passed in March 2020 and was extended by Congress…

Commentary As Americans gather today to relax and enjoy Labor Day with their family and friends, it is a good time to reflect on what this traditional holiday means to working Americans in the 21st century. The legislation which made Labor Day a national holiday was signed into law by President Grover Cleveland in 1894….

Commentary From Mexico to the south and everywhere in between, Labor Day falls on May 1 each year. In Canada and the United States, it’s always the first Monday of September—which in 2021 means Sept. 6. Over the past century, the holiday’s purpose and meaning have changed somewhat. Early in its history, its advocates used…

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 should not travel over the forthcoming Labor Day weekend. “Given where we are with disease transmission right now, we would say that people need to take their own these risks into their own consideration as…

Thousands of “panhandlers” in oversized suspenders camp outside of town squares and churches and major intersections every Labor Day. Instead of fast food cups, they plead with passersby to donate what they can into large rubber galoshes, exhorting them to “Fill the boot!” Perhaps that is why they are so well-received by busy motorists. It…