Why the Latest Jobs Report Is Such a Big Deal (Newser Morning 8)

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September 6, 2024     "The end of labor is to gain leisure." —Aristotle   1 Father of School Shooting Suspect Arrested, Charged The father of the 14-year-old accused of fatally shooting two students and two teachers at his Georgia high school Wednesday has now been arrested alongside his son. Keep reading   2 Why the Latest Jobs Report Is Such a Big Deal The monthly jobs report comes out Friday morning and since it has the potential to affect both the presidential race and the Federal Reserve's long-anticipated interest rate cut, it's being very closely watched. Keep reading   From our sponsors New Cleaning Tool Breaks All US Sales Records It's called the Synoshi Power Spin Scrubber, a handheld cordless electric device that does the cleaning for you. It cleans everything from bathroom tiles, stoves, car windows, dishes and more using a high powered spinning scrub head to remove even the deepest dirt and grime from every type of surface. It cuts cleaning time in half. Plus, it's rechargeable and waterproof making it great for all conditions. KEEP READING   At a Glance Mourners, some armed, carry the bodies of Palestinian men who were killed during an Israeli military operation, draped in the Islamic Jihad militant group flags, during their funeral in Jenin, West Bank, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. Israeli forces appear to have withdrawn from the Jenin refugee camp and two others in the occupied West Bank after a more-than weeklong military operation that left dozens dead and a trail of destruction. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) Keep reading   3 Chiefs' Good Luck Charm Was Back at the Opener Taylor Swift returned to Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night to watch boyfriend Travis Kelce and the rest of the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs open the NFL season against the Baltimore Ravens, reports the AP. Keep reading   4 7-Eleven Parent Company on Canadian Takeover Bid: Um, No 7-Eleven's Japanese parent company has rejected a takeover bid that would have created the world's fourth-biggest retail company. Keep reading   5 At Least 17 Dead in Boarding School Fire A fire in a school dormitory in Kenya killed 17 students and seriously burned 13 others, police said Friday. Keep reading   6 Harris Raised More Than $10M a Day in August Donald Trump's $130 million fundraising haul in August was described as "whopping", but Vice President Kamala Harris almost tripled it, according to figures her campaign released Friday. Keep reading     7 Rapper Rich Homie Quan Dead at 33 An Atlanta rapper credited with helping to push the city's "trap hip-hop sound" to mainstream popularity died Thursday at age 33. Keep reading   8 Judge in Trump Case Calls Election Schedule Irrelevant Judge Tanya Chutkan convened both sides in Donald Trump's election interference prosecution on Thursday, setting a pretrial schedule to move the case along while saying her timeline won't be affected by the defendant's presidential campaign. Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI Johnny Cash Statue Heads to Washington for Unveiling See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History On Sept. 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. (McKinley died eight days later and was succeeded by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt.) Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2020: Jaws Drop at NASA: The Moon Is Rusty   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved