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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL —- He was incoherent and agitated. Voices in his head told him to join ISIS, accord- ing to law enforcement sources.
Authorities were so con- cerned when Esteban San- tiago visited the FBI Anchorage, Alaska, office in November that they confis- cated his gun and ordered a mental health evaluation. A month later, Santiago re- trieved the weapon from po- lice headquarters.
On Friday, Santiago, 26, a U.S. citizen and Iraq War combat veteran, gunned down 11 people, killing five, at a Fort Lauderdale-Holly- wood International Airport baggage claim carousel.
The shooter – arrived Fri-
his checked baggage, Santiago walks through
the baggage claim area at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, just steps behind a Black man and two boys. As coolly as one might check a cell phone for messages, he pulls a handgun from his waistband and begins firing, then quickly runs off camera.
On January 7, Federal au- thorities charged Santiago, 26, with an act of violence at an international airport re- sulting in death, which could bring him the death sentence, and weapons charges. Ac- cording to the federal com- plaint, he confessed that he planned the mass shooting and bought a one-way airport ticket.
2 Million Jobs In 2016
Esteban Santiago has been federally charged and is being held in the Broward County jail.
day afternoon at the busy air- port on a flight from Alaska, with the gun used in the shooting properly stored in
The President Obama economy closed out with a low 4.7% unemployment rate.
In December, his final full month in office, the U. S. economy added a slightly dis- appointing 156,000 jobs. It marked the 75th consecutive month of job gains, the best on record. For all of 2016, the U. S. added over 2 million new jobs.
"Today was a positive close to the eight years of the Pres- ident Obama Administra- tion," says Andrew Chamberlain, Chief Econo- mist at career website Glass- door.
Wages grew a solid 2.9% in December, the best pace since 2009. Wage growth has been one of the last measures to gain momentum during President Obama's tenure. Job gains in November re- vised up significantly, adding 19,000 more jobs than first reported.
America's job market has made progress under Presi- dent Obama's watch. U. S. unemployment hit a high of 10% in October 2009 and is now at less than half that level. In December, the un- employment rate rose just a tad to 4.7% from 4.6% in No- vember, the lowest rate since 2007.
The underemployment rate, which includes part- time workers who would like to work full time, also fell to 9.2%, its lowest point since 2008.
"By just about any measure, 2016 was a banner year for the job market," says Ian Siegel, co-founder of ZipRecruiter, a job recruit- ment site.
In total, the economy has added 11.3 million jobs dur- ing President Obama's presidency.
Experts and pundits often debate how much credit a president deserves for job growth. Some believe the Federal Reserve helped buoy the job market by keeping borrowing costs low in order to revive the housing market. Others criticize the Fed's de- cisions.
In any case, the American economy still has problems. Growth remains sluggish. The U. S. central bank expects growth to be a mere 2.1% this year.
Over 5 million Americans have part-time jobs but want to work full time. And many blue collar workers feel left behind in the economic re- covery from the Great Reces- sion -- a major factor that
Massachusetts Sheriff Proposes To Use Inmates To Build Donald Trump’s Wall
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played into President-elect Donald Trump's election victory.
Trump promises to bring back manufacturing jobs from other countries and boost job growth overall.
In December, America added 17,000 manufacturing jobs but for the year overall lost 45,000 jobs.
One major challenge Trump will face is that many manufacturing workers who lost jobs don't have the ad- vanced skills required for the new jobs.
"Those without higher skills and advanced training are out on the struggling end," says Fred Goff, founder of Job- case, a job-search site.
Other industries also may pose a challenge, for other reasons. Health care led the job gains in December, adding 43,000 new jobs last month. America also added 20,000 social assistance workers, many of whom care for elderly Americans. Trump has promised to re- peal the Affordable Care Act, which some industry experts say could cost jobs.
Restaurants and bars added 30,000 jobs in December. Warehouses added 15,000 workers too. Construction and mining saw no meaning- ful gains.
Despite an uneven recov- ery, the U. S. job market kept up its overall momentum right up until the end of the year.
"The economy hit some headwinds and it continued to move forward," in 2016, says Robert Murphy, an economics professor at Boston College and former White House economist dur- ing the Clinton Administra- tion.
BRISTOL COUNTY, MA — - Last week, during his swear- ing-in ceremony, Bristol County (Mass.) Sheriff Thomas Hodgson pro- posed offering inmates as free labor if President-elect Donald Trump should de- cide to go forth with his plans to build a wall along the U.S.- Mexico border.
As it turns out, some civil rights advocates, the Ameri- can Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts included, aren’t very keen on the idea.
“The proposal is perverse,” Laura Rótolo, staff counsel with the ACLU of Massachu- setts told the Boston Globe in
Bristol County Sheriff Tommy Hodgson.
a phone interview. “It’s inhu- mane, and it’s most likely un-
constitutional. It’s also likely an attempt by
Sheriff Hodgson just to ride this wave and become fa- mous nationally. ... I hope we don’t have to take this pro- posal seriously.”
Rótolo added that the ACLU would take any steps necessary, including taking Hodgson to court, if he in- sisted on “this gimmick” of sending inmates to the bor- der.
The controversial sheriff has had his share of alleged improprieties while in office, from pension abuse to his daughter being arrested for a shooting.
N. J. Basketball Team Greeted By ‘Dummy Hanging From Her Neck’
Officials at the Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark, N.J., plan to investi- gate an incident in which a visiting girls basketball team found a black dummy hang-
ing from its neck in a room they were assigned, the Courier News and Home Tribune reports.
According to the report, when girls from the Plainfield
High School basketball team arrived at the Arthur L. John- son school for an 11 a.m. game Saturday, the girls found a black dummy hang- ing from its neck by a string with a basketball attached to it.
The Plainfield girls opened the door to a classroom they were given to use as a team room and were greeted by the dummy, which had eyes that appeared to be bulging from its head and a gaping mouth, the Tribune describes.
Plainfield first-year head coach Keshon Bennett confirmed the discovery and said that his team continued to play after seeing the dummy, ultimately losing 64- 20. The Plainfield girls quickly left the school after the game was over.
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