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The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits fell again last week as the labor market continues defy the Federal Reserve’s attempt to cool it by raising interest rates

"What have I done?" That's the question "Oppenheimer" star Matt Damon says he asked himself after he "fell into a depression" while filming a movie.

Virgin Galactic Holdings said on Thursday that the space tourism startup will launch its second commercial flight in

PepsiCo saw lower demand for its drinks and snacks in the second quarter but higher prices continued to boost its bottom line

With eco protest group Just Stop Oil disrupting a number of high-profile events including Wimbledon this summer, police and authorities are on high alert. They have already disrupted the Grand National, The Derby at Epsom, the Premiership Rugby final, and the Ashes Test match at Lord’s and in doing so have cemented their status as a pretty controversial bunch. With that in mind, one man became the victim of a brilliant prank when, on his stag do, his friend made him wear a Just Stop Oil T-shirt without explaining its significance. As a result, he was regularly stopped and questioned by police who presumably and understandably thought he was a real member of the group. A picture of one police interaction went viral and people thought it was absolutely brilliant. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Just Stop Oil themselves reacted to the picture and hinted they are already planning to disrupt next year’s British Grand Prix. They tweeted: “Now taking applications for Silverstone F1 2024.” Pretty hilarious prank to play on your friends if you ask us. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

More than one third of all U.S. energy consumption, and thus a significant source of climate change, is from heating and cooling homes and buildings

The stepson of one of the OceanGate passengers is being slammed online for reportedly complaining he can't "get laid". Brian Szasz, the stepson of British billionaire Hamish Harding who died in the Titanic expedition disaster, took to Twitter to urge people to stop asking him for money. Instead, he came up with a bizarre alternative, writing: "Quit asking me for money unless you’re a beautiful woman, trans women too! An OF model. Or a black dude trying to go to college!" Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter He went on to respond to followers asking how much money he inherited. "More than you’ll make in a lifetime," he hit back at one person. In a separate since-deleted tweet, he reportedly wrote: "With millions to spare, I still can’t get laid." One person called his tweets "cringe," while another couldn't believe his posts were real and were, in fact, "fake or ChatGPT-generated." Szasz already caused backlash online after attending a Blink-182 concert and messaging OnlyFans models while his stepfather was missing. His activities even struck a chord with Cardi B, who took to social media with a video, saying: "Ay so one of the billionaires that's missing underwater, on the submarine s***... One of the billionaires, their stepson is at a concert, right, a Blink-182 concert. "People was like, 'Uh what is he supposed to do, be sad at the house? Is he supposed to go look for him himself?' Yes. You supposed to be at the house sad. You supposed to be crying for me, you supposed to be right next to the phone waiting to hear any updates about me. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Deteriorating health in Britain is costing the state more than £15 billion ($19.6 billion) a year in higher

Google says it’s rolling out its AI-powered chatbot Bard across Europe and in Brazil, expanding its availability to hundreds of millions more users

Delta Air Lines reported unprecedented quarterly profit and revenue and raised its expectations for a year after travelers took to the skies in huge numbers, defying some forecasts of a pullback in spending

PepsiCo Inc.’s second-quarter results handily topped Wall Street’s expectations and the food and beverage company raised its full-year forecasts

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville's holds on hundreds of senior military nominations are a "national security issue."