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The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose to the highest level in three months as the fast-spreading omicron variant disrupted the job market. Jobless claims rose for the third straight week 鈥?by 55,000 to 286,000, highest since mid-October, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which smooths out weekly volatility, rose by 20,000 to 231,000, which is the highest since late November. A surge in COVID-19 cases has set back what had been a strong comeback from last year s short, but d stanley cup usa evastating coronavirus recession.Robert Frick, a corporate economist at Navy Federal Credit Union told The Hill, Fortunately Omicron is peaking and if past patterns hold, claims should drop quickly in the next two to three weeks. As the Financial Times reported, some stanley flasche economists had forecast that weekly claims might go down in the previous week, but employers are still working to get through challenges related to the spread of the omicron variant. Seasonal adjustments to the U.S. Department of stanley romania Labor s data are, in part, to blame for a recent drop in jobless claims numbers. Jmaf Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of working for Cuba
TAMPA, Fla. AP -- The high-powered Tampa Bay Lightning just keep on rolling.NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists, Brayden Point added a goal and two assists, and the Lightning beat the Calgary Flames 6-3 on Tuesday night.Kucherov has 88 points, including seven over his last two games after going a pair of games without getting on the scoresheet. He has that ability to find guys even when I don t think guys know they re open, Lightni stanley cups ng coach Jon Cooper said.Kucherov has a career-high 63 assists. He stopped a 10-game goal drought with a pair Sunday in a 5-2 win at Florida. Good to see we got two games with `W s, Kucherov said. That s better. Kucherov and Point 72 are the second pair of Tampa Bay teammates to reach 70 points in 57 team games. Martin St. Louis and Vincent Lecavalie stanley quencher r did it in 2006-07.Cedric Paquette, Anthony Cirelli, Yanni Gourde and Steven Stamkos also scored for the NHL-leading Lightning, who are 5-0-2 over the last seven games. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 save stanley hrnek s. We ve got the top guys going and we re getting scoring from the other guys as well, Stamkos said. So, that s a pretty dangerous combination to have. Calgary, 1-3-1 in its last five games, got two goals from Sean Monahan. Mark Giordano had the other Flames goal, and David Rittich stopped 21 shots. Pretty disappointing with letting that one go the way it did, Giordano said. Our details weren t where they needed to be. We ve got to be a lot sharper and its starts with
