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U.S. applications for unemployment benefits for the the week ending May 9 rose by 12,000 to 211,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s slightly more than the 207,000 new applications analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet had forecast.

A 12-hour negotiation session between MTA managers and LIRR union leaders ended late Thursday night without a deal that would to avert a railroad strike and leave tens of thousands of New Yorkers struggling to get on, off and around Long Island.

SNAP, the nutritional support program formerly known as food stamps, has long served as a financial pulse of sorts that measures economic hard times.

Oscar Javier Espinoza was only paid straight time when he worked more than 40 hours in a week during the first five years and nine months of his time as a "helper and delivery person" for Clowns.com, according to a federal lawsuit filed Friday in the U.S.

After more than two months of war in the Middle East, the national average gas price has surpassed $4.50 a gallon. And according to an analysis released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Wednesday, the burden of the surge is falling hardest on those with the least room to absorb it.