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Lawyers for social media personalities Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate asked a federal judge Friday to release the brothers from a Miami jail while they fight extradition to Britain on charges of rape, assault and facilitating sex trafficking. In a filing in Miami federal court, the brothers’ attorneys argued their “extraordinary public visibility” would make it nearly impossible for them to disappear, so there is no need to keep them detained while the extradition case plays out. “It would be extraordinarily difficult for Andrew or Tristan to travel undetected or avoid attention,” their lawyers wrote. The attorneys asked U.S. Magistrate…

The U.S. shed 23,000 jobs in July, the government said in a surprising monthly report after steady gains earlier this year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported big drops in leisure and hospitality employment, government and retail, while employment continued to “trend up” in health care but not at a slower pace than usual, given the last year. The unemployment rate slipped slightly, to 4.1% from 4.2%, mainly because the labor participation rate fell to 61.4%, the lowest reading in over five years. The participation rate is the share of Americans 16 or older who are working or looking for…

WASHINGTON — Some of the savings touted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are incorrect or lack supporting evidence, according to federal auditors. DOGE began posting its estimated savings on a web page known as the Wall of Receipts. Lawmakers asked the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the accuracy of the estimates, and the watchdog found them lacking in some cases. Auditors found that 108 of 264 leases identified for termination on the Wall of Receipts were already in the process of termination when DOGE was established. In another case, DOGE reported $1.7 billion in savings on a Department…

WASHINGTON — The labor union representing Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service workers asked a judge Thursday to block a sweeping tax audit immunity agreement for President Donald Trump, arguing it would force career employees to choose between following a political order and abiding by the law. The group joined a lawsuit filed in May that sought to block the proposed $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” which the Trump administration later scrapped after bipartisan pushback. The updated lawsuit, filed by legal advocacy group Democracy Forward, now also targets the audit immunity deal conferred on the president, his sons and the Trump…

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Lindsay Clancy sobbed uncontrollably Thursday as jurors viewed autopsy photos of the youngest of her three children whom she strangled in 2023, until the court eventually had to take an unscheduled break. In the second week of her Massachusetts murder trial, prosecutors brought more friends, a former work colleague and her former father-in-law to testify about Clancy’s mental and emotional state. They said she was mostly open about her post-pregnancy mental health struggles but seemed like a loving mother who cared for her kids. Clancy has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the deaths of Cora,…

A judge approved a $106 million settlement Thursday that ends a yearslong legal battle over the deadly 2019 collapse of a Hard Rock Hotel that was under construction in New Orleans. The 18-story hotel project partially collapsed in October 2019, killing three people and damaging nearby property. A grand jury ultimately decided against indicting anyone in the deadly collapse, but lawsuits were filed, including one brought by the City of New Orleans in August 2020 naming the building owners, their partners and contractors. The various lawsuits were consolidated into one case that includes a total of 490 plaintiffs, including injured…

SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial the social media giant lost in March. In a ruling late Thursday, Judge Bryan Biedscheid said the bulk of the money – $420 million – will be used for treatment services for young people. The rest will go toward awareness and prevention, screening services and other costs over the next five years. In the first phase, jurors had ordered $375 million in civil…

Sydney Towle, a social media content creator who projected enduring optimism as she chronicled her life with a rare form of cancer, has died, according to her family. She was 26. Towle was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, an aggressive form of cancer in the bile ducts, in August 2023. Her mother, Elizabeth Morrow, and brother, Austin Towle, posted a video to her TikTok account confirming she died Wednesday. “Syd went peacefully last night after an almost three-year long battle with cholangiocarcinoma,” her brother said. “She fought really hard, and we’re so proud of her, and we thank all of you for…

NEW YORK — Jalapeño peppers linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak have been traced back to a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, federal officials say. At least 345 people in 27 states have been reported getting sick from the salmonella strain linked to the jalapeños. Most have been in Minnesota and Colorado. No deaths have been reported, but officials say 36 people have been hospitalized. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that the chili peppers were moved into the U.S. by Coast Citrus Distributors. The company has recalled the peppers and is notifying its customers, which include some…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani got a hostile reception from the one borough that never warmed to him, drawing sustained boos and chants of “get out of here” less than a minute into his remarks at a Staten Island police event Tuesday night. Mr. Mamdani appeared at the 43rd annual NYPD Patrol Borough Staten Island National Night Out Against Crime, held at Turtle Circle on the Midland Beach Boardwalk, where roughly 3,500 residents and families had gathered for the community-and-police event. As he approached the podium, sections of the crowd erupted in jeers and profanity, with some attendees shouting…