WARREN — The Trumbull County Planning Commission has recognized Cari Delgado, director of the Trumbull County Veterans Service Commission, as the recipient of its “Something Good Initiative,” honoring her advocacy and service to veterans. Commission officials said Delgado has ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but layoffs remain in the historically healthy range of the past few years. U.S. filings for jobless aid in the week ending July 25 rose by 9,000 to 197,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The previous week’s figure was revised up by 1,000 to 188,000 but remains the lowest in more than 50 years. Analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet forecast 207,000 new applications. Weekly filings for unemployment benefits are considered representative of layoffs and are close to a ...
The Mahoning Valley’s unemployment rate rose in June, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Trumbull County had a rate of 4.1% in May and 5% in June. The city of Warren saw its 5.9% rate in May swell to 7.1% last month. Mahoning County’s 3.8% unemployment rate for May hit 4.6% in June. Youngstown’s rate bounced from 5.3% in May to 6.5% in June, according to the state. The rates have not been seasonally adjusted. They also do not reflect people who are not part of the labor force. The Youngstown-Warren-Salem statistical area has a population of 426,086, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Ancient mummy DNA recovered in Chile has yielded the firmest evidence yet that European colonization brought smallpox to the Americas. Smallpox was one of the deadliest diseases in human history before it was eradicated in 1980, largely thanks to vaccination. For centuries, the virus had killed about one-third of the people it infected and left most survivors with deep and sometimes disfiguring scars. Outbreaks struck Asia and Europe and eventually spread to the Americas, where colonial writings, administrative records and missionary reports documented how it killed ...
One child has died and another is missing after the two 10-year-olds went into a rain-swollen river while playing in a park in Passaic, New Jersey, on Wednesday, authorities said. An 11-year-old survived, the sister of the 10-year-old boy who drowned. “He put his hand on her head, trying to get up above the water, and he may have inadvertently saved her life without even knowing,” Passaic Mayor Hector Lora told reporters Thursday. As she went underwater, she felt rocks, Lora said. The other 10-year-old, a girl, was still missing early Thursday. Multiple boats and divers ...
GIRARD — A group of motorcyclists took to the road this week to raise funds to help a Niles girl battling cancer. The riders gathered at Army Navy Garrison 422, where they hosted a basket raffle fundraiser before heading on the road. Event organizers Kelley Beatty of Boardman and Bernie ...
