Day: January 19, 2024

Maine looks to migrant surge to remedy worker shortage

10:56 pm January 19, 2024

Maine Gov. Janet Mills and a state lawmaker who immigrated from Somalia unveiled a proposal on Friday to try to resolve the state’s serious worker shortage by tapping swiftly growing immigrant communities. Maine traditionally has had among the smallest immigrant populations in the country. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, only about 4% of the […]

Suburban Philadelphia man fatally stabbed neighbor over snoring dispute, police say

10:54 pm January 19, 2024

A suburban Philadelphia man is accused of stabbing to death a neighbor with whom he had long feuded over the accused man’s loud snoring that could be heard through a wall connecting their homes, authorities said Friday. Christopher James Casey, 55, was charged Thursday with causing the death four days earlier of Robert Wallace, who […]

Ex-Red Wings Zamboni driver fired for urinating in drain, says team had scheme to terminate him: report

10:53 pm January 19, 2024

Al Sobotka was the Detroit Red Wings’ Zamboni driver for 50 seasons, but it all ended almost two years ago. Sobotka, now 70, was caught urinating in a drain at Little Caesars Arena during a game in 2022. Two weeks later, the Red Wings fired him. Sobotka says he suffers from benign prostatic hyperplasia, a […]

Condé Nast honcho Anna Wintour failed to remove signature shades while laying off staff, impacted writer says

10:32 pm January 19, 2024

Famed Condé Nast executive Anna Wintour failed to take off her signature dark sunglasses when she informed employees of Pitchfork they were all losing their jobs this week, according to one of the impacted staffers. “One absolutely bizarro detail from this week is that Anna Wintour — seated indoors at a conference table — did […]

Florida 10-year-old crashes car reported stolen by family during rush hour

10:32 pm January 19, 2024

A 10-year-old who took a relative’s car without permission suffered minor injuries after crashing it on a freeway near St. Petersburg, Florida, during the evening rush on Thursday. The child crashed into a guardrail on Interstate 275 after sideswiping a pickup truck, the Florida Highway Patrol said, according to FOX 13. The child suffered minor […]

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