The US jobs recovery has picked up steam again in the final months of the year, bringing some good news in the face of persistently rising prices and a new Covid variant.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/03/economy/november-jobs-report/index.html

“Will taking melatonin cause my brain to stop making it?” “Is it safe to give to kids?” “Does it cancel out birth control?” “Is melatonin a sedative?”

     

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Postojna Cave, situated one hour’s drive southwest of Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital, is so vast, it has its own railway.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/olms-baby-dragons-slovenia-postojna-cave-cmd/index.html

CNN’s Brianna Keilar becomes emotional during an interview with a mother who lost her 6-year-old son in the Sandy Hook school shooting.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2021/12/03/brianna-keilar-sandy-hook-shooting-victim-mom-interview-newday-vpx.cnn

Pope Francis lamented centuries of hostility and prejudice that have divided Catholics and Orthodox as he met Friday with the leader of Cyprus’ Greek Orthodox Church and pointed to works of charity as a means to help heal the rift between the Catholic West and Orthodox East.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-francis-healing-rift-catholic-orthodox-churches

Human rights activist Peter Dahlin says the International Olympic Committee’s calls with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai are putting her at “greater risk” and that they are “obviously staged.”

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/03/sport/ioc-peter-dahlin-peng-shuai-spt-intl/index.html

The 2022 Ford Maverick hybrid is Ford’s lowest-priced model and a new type of truck for the brand.

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/test-drive-2022-ford-maverick-hybrid

LSU football coach Brian Kelly was accused of faking a Southern accent when he appeared at the Tigers’ men’s basketball game on Wednesday

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lsu-brian-kelly-fake-southern-accent

The era of big Chinese companies heading to the United States to raise money may have just come to an end.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/03/investing/premarket-stocks-trading/index.html

On November 24, the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa identified a new coronavirus variant of concern, dubbed Omicron. Since the variant’s initial identification in South Africa, it has been discovered in a number of countries spanning multiple continents, and on Wednesday, the first case of Covid-19 caused by this variant was reported in California.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/03/opinions/south-africa-shouldnt-be-punished-omicron-izu-madhi/index.html