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The U.S. job market rebounded last month after sluggish hiring in July, and PR Scott
“Horsley reports employers added 162,000 jobs in August, while the unemployment rate”
held steady at 4.1%. Last month's job gains were somewhat stronger than four casters had expected, and the employment talent for June in July were revised up by a total of 55,000 jobs, hiring in August was concentrated in healthcare and hospitality, factories, and construction companies also added workers.
The U.S. workforce grew last month, reversing a downturn in July, many people joining the labor force in August found work which kept the unemployment rate low. Average wages in August were up 3.1% from a year ago, that's a smaller annual wage gain than the previous month. In recent months, wage growth has not kept pace with rising prices, so workers have seen a real erosion in their purchasing power. It's got horse-lay and
PR news, Washington.
“"Jourage deliberations are set to resume at the sour in the murder trial of Lindsay”
Clancy. George has been deadlocked for a week over whether Clancy was criminally responsible for killing her three young children in 2023. If a verdict isn't reached, the judge could declare a mistrial." The Trump administration is moving to strip some colleges and universities of their tax-exempt status over diversity programs. The IRS's schools could soon face penalties for programs
or scholarships aimed at black Latino or first-generation students, and PR's Adrian Florito
reports. "Well, the administration is arguing that these sorts of programs are racially discriminatory. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett, who oversees the IRS, said in a statement that, quote, "Racial Discrimination has no place in American education. This is a huge shift. Historically the IRS has not penalized tax-exempting situations."
“MPR's Adrian Florito reporting, an ice officer who's facing federal charges for allegedly”
lying about the shooting of a Venezuelan man has turned himself in, and PR's Ryan Lucas reports the shooting took place during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year." Immigration and customs enforcement officer Christian
Castro was taken into federal custody Thursday evening. He is facing multiple criminal
counts of making false statements to investigators. That's according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the case has not been unsealed yet. Castro allegedly lied about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis, and the circumstances that led up to it. Initially, the Department of Homeland Security said Castro fired in self-defense after two Venezuelan men attacked him. But video evidence later emerged
that contradicted Castro's account in sworn testimony. Castro is expected to make his initial court appearance later today. Ryan Lucas and PR news, Washington. This is NPR News. Rescuers and Nepal have pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel raising hopes that others may still be found nine days after catastrophic flooding devastated the region.
The men were rescued this morning after crews heard their voices inside of a tunnel at a construction site. Officials say both are in stable condition and were flown to a hospital in Kathmandu about 900 workers remain missing from 12 hydropower projects, including roughly 500 believed to be trapped in tunnels. The U.S. ambassador to Israel continues to condemn violence against Palestinians and the occupied West Bank calling those behind the attacks terrorist.
The United Nations says attacks on Palestinians by extremist rarely settlers have skyrocketed this year. NPR's carry-con reports. U.S. ambassador, Mike Huckabee condemned the quote Israeli terrorist on local radio Friday. However, he said he believes the number of those attacking Palestinians is tiny and said he was speaking out because of concern that the incidents are harming Israel's image abroad. The more young Americans hear about attacks,
it will be all they hear about Israel and that will have an impact, he said. Last week in Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in the town of Kusra and an NBC news crew in the northern West Bank. They also said a mosque on fire spray painting graffiti on a wall that read Huckabee regards from the terrorists. In a rare move to curb the violence Israeli officials arrested the 19-year-old in the attack on Kusra carry-con and PR news to leave. This is NPR.
This week on newsmakers, after more than a decade in comedy, I wasn't sure that we would get here. Robbie Hoffman is fearless. I had a small feeling I wasn't sure. And fully or herself. My landlord. Hello. You can go out and wash. Well, I'm not home now. I'm doing something. We plunge into comedy and success with Robbie Hoffman on NPR's NewsMakers.
