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A car sits stranded amid debris after historic rains left a swath of damage and destruction in Leominster in September. (Chris Christo/Boston Herald) 
Federal emergency response coordinators said they handed out more than $3.5 million in disaster aid to residents after storms left roads and homes damaged last fall in Bristol and Worcester counties, according to newly released data.
![By MATT OTT (AP Business Writer) The number of Americans applying for jobless claims rose last week, but layoffs remain at healthy levels despite lingering inflation and high interest rates. Unemployment benefit applications for the week ending June 1 rose by 8,000 to 229,000, up from 221,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. […]](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Unemployment_Benefits_22324.jpg?w=525 "By MATT OTT (AP Business Writer) The number of Americans applying for jobless claims rose last week, but layoffs remain at healthy levels despite lingering inflation and high interest rates. Unemployment benefit applications for the week ending June 1 rose by 8,000 to 229,000, up from 221,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. […]")