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From teachers to waiters: The industries that haven’t bounced back from the pandemic

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:38 GMT

New York (CNN) — Economists have been closely watching monthly US job reports for signs of cracks in the labor market that could offer clues as to when a recession could start. But their predictions have been tested month after month with stronger-than-expected gains.Last month’s jobs report was no exception.Employers added a whopping 339,000 new jobs in May, crushing the 190,000 job gains economists predicted.Employers have been consistently hiring more workers each month since January 2021. This came as more parts of the economy gradually reopened after months of lockdowns.In 2021 employers added an average of 606,000 jobs a month. Those gains leveled off a bit in 2022 with employers adding an average of 399,000 jobs each month. That figure has continued to decline this year, but it’s still impressively high at 314,000 average monthly gains.In total, 3.7 million more people were working last month than in February 2020, before the pandemic caused major disruptions in the US e...

MSPCA Angell hoping to find forever homes for thousands of dogs this summer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:38 GMT

If you’re thinking about adding a rescue dog to your home, now is the time to act.MSPCA Angell is looking to connect thousands of dogs with forever homes in the greater Boston area and will be holding events throughout the summer in the hopes of meetings their goal of finding homes for 2,500 dogs. They will also be waiving adoption fees for some dogs.For more information visit the MSPCA Angell website.

Ramírez hits tiebreaking 2-run double as Rays beat Red Sox 4-2 for doubleheader split

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:38 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Harold Ramírez hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the ninth inning and Jose Siri made a diving catch for the final out, sending the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday and a split of their day-night doubleheader.Ramírez collected five hits on the day and drove in four runs for the major league-leading Rays (41-19), who won for just the third time in seven games.In the opener, Justin Turner’s three-run double highlighted Boston’s six-run sixth inning that carried the Red Sox to an 8-5 victory.The nightcap was tied at 2 when Francisco Mejía and Yandy Díaz opened the ninth with consecutive singles against Kenley Jansen (1-3). Mejía and Díaz advanced on Brandon Lowe’s fly to right and scored on Ramírez’s liner into the gap in right-center.Calvin Faucher (1-1) worked a scoreless inning for the victory, and Jason Adam got the three outs for his eighth save. Siri closed it out with his diving grab on Jarren Duran’s bloop with two r...

Somerville school closes for remainder of year after concrete fell into stairwell

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:38 GMT

The Winter Hill Community Innovation School in Somerville has been closed for the remainder of the school year after a section of concrete fell into a stairwell inside the building, school and city officials said. While engineers were set to “conduct a more thorough review of the building,” many parents, children and teachers gathered elsewhere at the Somerville Public Library where they discussed the situation and ongoing concerns about building conditions at the Winter Hill School. Officials said the concrete fell outside school operating hours, while the school was unoccupied. The Winter Hill School serves about 400 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. It has programs for autistic children and children who are learning English as a second language. 

Son and grandson of late Red Sox first baseman George ‘Boomer’ Scott found dead in apparent murder-suicide

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:38 GMT

Police in Massachusetts are investigating the death of the son and grandson of former Boston Red Sox player George “Boomer” Scott, who were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide.Police were called to the home of George Scott III and his son, 8-year-old Dante Hazard, after a relative requested a welfare check, CNN reported. Inside they found the two bodies.Just over two weeks earlier, police had searched the home for clues to the 2019 disappearance of Lisa Hazard, Dante’s mother. Scott was considered a person of interest in that unsolved case, according to The Boston Globe.“It appears from the evidence recovered at the scene to be a murder-suicide. Mr. Scott appears to have killed the boy with a sharp object before taking his own life,” the office of Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III said in a statement obtained by Boston CBS affiliate WBZ.Lisa Hazard disappeared at age 28 when she set out for a drug rehabilitation center and never arr...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr’s ninth-inning double gives Blue Jays win over Mets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:38 GMT

The Mets weren’t able to carry over the joy and excitement of Saturday’s Hall of Fame induction after losing its second straight game, 2-1, to the Toronto Blue Jays.Immediately after Blue Jays manager John Schneider was ejected for arguing a strike call, Vladimir Guerrero Jr’s RBI double gave Toronto the go-ahead run that led to a win.Manager Buck Showalter said he trusted reliever David Robertson to get Guerrero out to end the inning. The manager said he “considered” walking the slugger with Cavan Biggio on deck, who entered Saturday with a .181 batting average.Robertson was ahead, 1-2, in the count but the two-time All-Star reached over to hit a grounder past a diving Bretty Baty at third base.“Just trusted Robbie there,” the manager said postgame. He later went on to say “I just have a lot of confidence in him once he got ahead there … just got a firm ground ball hit where we couldn’t catch it.”Robertson said postg...

North Korean leader’s sister vows 2nd attempt to launch spy satellite, slams UN meeting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:38 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed again Sunday to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite as she lambasted a U.N. Security Council meeting over the North’s first, failed launch.The North’s attempt to put its first military spy satellite into orbit last Wednesday failed as its rocket crashed off the Korean Peninsula’s western coast. An emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council was still convened at the request of the U.S., Japan and other countries to discuss the launch because it had violated council resolutions banning the North from performing any launch using ballistic technology.On Sunday, Kim’s sister and senior ruling party official, Kim Yo Jong, called the U.N. council “a political appendage” of the United States, saying its recent meeting was convened following America’s “gangster-like request.”She accused the U.N. council of being “discriminative and rude” because it only takes issue with the Nor...

Florida woman charged with child neglect after her car catches fire as she was allegedly shoplifting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:38 GMT

OVIEDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman faces charges of aggravated child neglect and arson after her car became engulfed in flames while she was allegedly shoplifting at a mall, according to an arrest report.Alicia Moore, 24, parked her car in a parking lot outside a Dillard’s department store at Oviedo Mall on May 26, according to an arrest report filed by the Oviedo Police Department. The report indicated Moore left children inside the vehicle. Their names and ages were redacted. Security saw Moore and an unknown man shoplifting in Dillard’s, according to the report. After about an hour, Moore began leaving Dillard’s to see her car engulfed in flames and dropped the merchandise before she left the store.Bystanders at the mall saw the car and rescued the children inside trying to escape the flames. The children were taken to Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. One child suffered first degree burns “to her face and ears,” the arrest report said. Moore ...

Woman dead after Circle K shooting in Cedar Park, police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:38 GMT

CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) -- One person is dead after a shooting in Cedar Park late Friday night, according to the Cedar Park Police Department's social media.Police responded to the incident at the Circle K off FM 620 and Hatch Road. One woman was found dead, police said.There were no further updates about the shooting Saturday, and police say that they are investigating the incident as a homicide.

NHL not investigating Valeri Nichushkin for incident in Seattle, deputy commissioner says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:38 GMT

Valeri Nichushkin is not under investigation by the NHL regarding an April incident at the Avalanche team hotel in Seattle that prompted a police response, league deputy commissioner Bill Daly told reporters Saturday in Las Vegas before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.During Colorado’s first-round playoff series against the Kraken, a woman was found in Nichushkin’s hotel room who was so intoxicated that a team doctor called for an ambulance to take her to a hospital, according to a Seattle Police Department report.Nichushkin left Seattle the day of the incident and did not play that night in Game 3 or the remainder of the series, which the Avalanche lost in seven games.“We know exactly what happened and we think it was handled appropriately (by the team),” Daly said.Daly said Nichushkin is available to play.The team has declined to comment for more than a month about the incident, claiming Nichushkin has been absent from the team for personal reasons.Related ArticlesColorado Avalanc...