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U.S. employers added 390,000 jobs in May as the labor market stays hot. The unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%.

The jobless rate fell to 10 percent in November, from 10.2 percent a month earlier, and employers shed just 11,000 jobs, the fewest since December 2007. But some economists warn unemployment could still head back up.

Private employers added new workers at a weak pace for the third straight month, underscoring the picture of a labor market still struggling to emerge from recession. The Labor Department said companies added just 71,000 jobs in July, while the economy lost 131,000 jobs overall. The unemployment rate remained at 9.5 percent.

The unemployment rate remained at 9.6 percent, but private hiring was weak and payrolls dropped a total of 95,000 jobs, according to the final Labor Department report before midterm elections.

The 6-year-old Colorado boy was in a cardboard box in the garage attic. His brother had said he had crawled into a box or basket attached to the balloon, which floated off. The flight lasted more than two hours, spanned 50 miles, set off a frantic search and kept television and Internet audiences captivated.

The U.S. unemployment rate fell slightly in July for the first time in 15 months and signaled that the recession may be easing, according to the Labor Department on Friday. Employers cut 247,000 nonfarm jobs in July, shedding jobs at the slowest pace in nearly a year.

U.S. employers added 531,000 new jobs as the unemployment rate fell to 4.6%. Millions of would-be workers are still on the sidelines, though, leaving the pace of the recovery in doubt.

The Labor Department reports that U.S. employers added 531,000 jobs in October. The unemployment rate fell to 4.6%.

The Food and Drug Administration is has postponed releasing details about whether two low doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine can protect kids ages 6 months to 5 years old.

Emergency management officials in Madison County said four were injured in addition to those killed when the tornado touched down southwest of Des Moines.