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THE BIG DEAL Job openings stayed at record high of 9.2 million in May: Job openings held at a record high of 9.2 million in May while resignations dropped slightly from a historic peak, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department.
The number of open jobs on the final business day of May changed little from the peak set in April.
Quits fell to 3.6 million from a record high of 3.9 million in April, but remained well above levels seen earlier in the year.
“It’s a job seeker’s market as worker demand remains at record highs,” said Daniel Zhao, senior economist at Glassdoor, in a Wednesday analysis. “Elevated quits emphasize that labor shortages are a double whammy for employers it s not just harder to hire workers, it s also harder to retain them.” I explain here.
The Surfside, Florida, condo collapse search and rescue efforts have transitioned to a recovery operation, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Wednesday. To share this news with the families this evening who are still missing their loved ones was devastating and it s also difficult to share with all of you, she said in an evening news briefing.
The transition will take place at midnight, she added. Our team has developed a very detailed plan to guide the transition and to ensure that the operations proceed at the same speed and intensity, Levine Cava said.
The mayor said the death toll now stands at 54, with 86 people potentially unaccounted for.
Search and rescue team members depart after working the debris field of the Champlain Towers South condo, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP)
SURFSIDE, Florida. (AP) Eight more bodies were recovered Wednesday from the site of the collapsed Florida condo building, bringing the death toll to 54, Miami-Dade County’s mayor said announcing that the operation had shifted from rescue to recovery
“It is with deep profound sadness that this afternoon I’m able to share that we made the extremely difficult decision to transition from operation search-and-rescue to recovery,” Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a news conference, adding that that 33 of the dead have been identified and 86 people are still unaccounted for after the disaster.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava (D) announced Wednesday evening that eight more victims had been recovered from the Surfside, Fla., condo collapse, bringing the number of confirmed deaths to 54.
She said 200 people have been accounted for and 86 people are still unaccounted for.
Cava also that the transition from search and rescue efforts to recovery would begin on midnight Thursday.
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“The announcement today comes as a result of a consensus by those closest to the rescue efforts that the possibility of someone still alive is near zero,” Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said on Wednesday. “They are probably right. But in the end, God is still in charge. And while there seems to be no chance of finding life in the rubble, a miracle is still possible.”