The numbers are a sign that while hiring continues, it is only soaking up a relatively small proportion of the unemployed.
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Book: Pence told ‘to be on standby’ during Trump’s 2019 hospital visit
The president’s November 2019 visit raised questions at the time about Trump’s health.
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Fifteen years later, Walmart to launch its answer to Amazon Prime
Walmart’s online sales are growing rapidly, especially during the pandemic, when more people have turned to the company to order groceries online and pick them up at a store.
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Venice reclaims spotlight as 1st COVID-era film fest opens
The 77th edition of the world’s oldest film festival will look nothing like its predecessors.
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The Latest: Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly as some earlier reports suggested, scientists have found. Tuesday’s report, from tests on more than 30,000 people in Iceland, is […]
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Trump visits Kenosha, labels violence ‘domestic terrorism’
The president’s motorcade passed throngs of demonstrators, some holding American flags in support of the president, others jeering while carrying signs that read Black Lives Matter.
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Tennessee’s new anti-protest law has roots in age-old playbook
Tennessee shocked civil rights advocates after Gov. Bill Lee signed a new law that increases penalties and fines for common protest activities.
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A Zoom Thanksgiving? Summer could give way to a bleaker fall
Public health scientists say it’s easier to forecast the weather on Thanksgiving Day than to predict how the U.S. coronavirus crisis will play out this autumn.
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Trial date set for Steve Bannon in fundraising fraud scam
President Trump’s former chief strategist faces charges he cheated donors to a group seeking to fund a southern border wall.
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John Oliver ups the ante in fight with Connecticut city, offers donation
Danbury joked that it will rename a sewage treatment plant after the comedian in response to his expletive-filled rant against the city.