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Prison "job centres" and hyperlinks with massive companies are behind an increase within the variety of ex-offenders discovering work after time inside, in response to the Ministry of Justice.New figures for England and Wales present 640 prisoners discovered employment six weeks after being launched within the yr to March 2023, in contrast with 487 a yr earlier. It represents 19.4% of all inmates launched.The quantity in work after six months was 715 (30.4% of all these launched) - up from 573 the yr earlier than and 394 two years in the past.Justice Secretary Alex Chalk, in his first interview since taking up the place from Dominic Raab, mentioned these in regular jobs are 9% much less prone to reoffend."The offenders speak about the dignity that comes with this, the discipl...

Target isn’t so happy with its June Pride Month line. Some LGBTQ-themed merchandise is being eliminated and all of it reviewed due to a buyer backla...

CONCORD, N.H. — Gov. Chris Sununu’s current shift to help marijuana legalization has impressed a last-minute push for brand spanking new laws. Thoug...

Fairfax County police are searching for a crew of 4 thieves who robbed Smoke Bazaar in Springfield early Sunday after crashing a stolen 2013 Hyundai Elantra via the glass storefront. ...

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has canceled plans to award a $200 million grant to a U.S. battery producer amid criticism from Republican lawmakers over the corporate’s alleged ties to China. ...

After the blow-up over Bud Light, the nation’s beer drinkers have been apparently in no temper for a self-flagellating Miller Lite advert marketing campaign apologizing for its historical past of scantily clad spokesmodels. ...

The Justice Department settled with New Jersey-based IT recruiting agency Infosoft Solutions for $25,500, having claimed that the agency discriminated in the way it marketed open jobs. ...

Outgoing Tesco chairman John Allan has resigned one other chairmanship following allegations of inappropriate behaviour.Mr Allan shall be stepping down as chair of home builder Barratt Developments on 30 June, the corporate has introduced.Just final week Tesco introduced his departure subsequent month and stated the allegations "risk becoming a distraction".A successor, Caroline Silver, has been appointed at Barratt.Ms Silver was as a result of take up the place from September however her tenure has been moved ahead "in the best interests of Barratt" and to "prevent the ongoing impact of the allegations against John from becoming disruptive to the company".The firm stated it had not acquired any complaints about Mr Allan throughout his time on the enterprise. ...

The White House on Tuesday introduced new efforts to information federally backed analysis on synthetic intelligence because the Biden administration appears to get a firmer grip on understanding the dangers and alternatives of the quickly evolving expertise. ...

Meta Platforms, Facebook's proprietor, has agreed to promote Giphy to Shutterstock for $53m (£42m), simply three years after reportedly paying $400m for the animated pictures provider.The deal was introduced eight months after Meta agreed to adjust to a ruling by the UK competitors regulator to promote the enterprise on the grounds the tie-up may hurt social media customers and UK advertisers. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) discovered the deal may enable the corporate to restrict different social media platforms' entry to so-called GIFs, "making those sites (such as Twitter or Snapchat) less attractive to users and less competitive".Meta had acquired Giphy - a web site for making, sharing and storing GIFs - to combine with Instagram.The CMA's motion marked the pr...