1.54 Million Americans Filed
for Unemployment Last Week.
The U.S. Labor Department
released the unemployment
numbers on Thursday.
The number of jobless claims
was just below economists’
predictions of 1.55 million claims.
1.897 million Americans
applied for unemployment
insurance the previous week.
More than 44 million Americans
have filed jobless claims in
the past three months.
Continuing claims
nearly topped 21 million.
The numbers follow the May jobs report,
which revealed that more than two million jobs
were added to the U.S. economy in May.
Initial jobless claims continued the gradual downward trend. But it is still hard to square the claims figures with the much more upbeat news on the labor market from May’s Employment Report, Capital Economics, via Yahoo Finance
Shark attacks disrupted Fourth of July celebrations Thursday at South Padre Island as two people were taken to the hospital with bites, authorities said.
Three teens have been accused of hitching a ride in their friend’s car and and killing a 16-year-old before taking his gun.
A power boat crashed into a jetty in Southern California, killing one man and injuring 10 other people, officials said.
Sports organizations must take emotion out of the equation in contract negotiations, and the Golden Knights appear to have done that with Jonathan Marchessault.
The Golden Knights shook up their goaltending by trading Logan Thompson and signing Ilya Samsonov. This season is now important for the future of the Knights’ crease.
The current forecast calls for a high of 118 on Sunday, 117 on Monday and 118 on Tuesday, said meteorologist Chris Outler.
Boulder City held its 76th annual Damboree celebration for Independence Day, highlighted by a pancake breakfast and a water gun fight.
Patrick Bertoletti gobbled down 58 hot dogs to win the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, taking advantage of Joey Chestnut’s absence.
Hall of Fame sports writer and Henderson resident Jerry Izenberg has authored his 15th book at age 93: “Larry Doby in Black and White: The Story of a Baseball Pioneer.”
Some 2,500 were expected to take part in the parade put on by the Summerlin Council and as many as 50,000 were expected to take in the sights and sounds of the event, now in its 30th year.