Today, we celebrate the American worker, which, for millions, means not having to go to work.
According to Business News Daily, 97% of employers give at least some employees Labor Day off. However, more than 40% of businesses will remain open. And among them must be a number of retail businesses. Labor Day weekend, after all, ranks among the busiest shopping times of the year.
Last year, online sales in the U.S. topped $2 billion – more than any other holiday in history outside of the Christmas shopping season.
Today, whether you find yourself on the clock or online shopping, we hope you enjoy these stories:
Scientists say they’ve found artifacts in Idaho that indicate people were living there around 16,000 years ago, providing new evidence that the first Americans entered their new home by following the Pacific coast.