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That's down slightly from November's numbers and less than economists have been expecting.

The unemployment rate, though, dropped by a tenth of a percent to 4.4%.

In the college football playoffs, Indiana is destroying Oregon 56-15 late in the fourth.

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Burning plastic for heating and fueling is more widespread than previously thought.

That's according to new research.

As NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports, the problem is greatest in low-income countries.

A federal judge says she'll issue a temporary restraining order that will block efforts by the Trump administration to end a program affecting more than 10,000 people.

The program offers legal protections for some relatives of citizens and green card holders.

The judge did not say when the order would be issued.

Plaintiffs wanted him placed before January 14th when protections end for people from seven Latin countries.

A ceasefire is now in place following three days of fighting in Aleppo between government forces and Kurdish fighters.

The ceasefire, which began on Friday, allowed the militants six hours to leave with their personal weapons, but no fighters left the area in Syria.

The clashes led some 140,000 people to leave their homes.

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It's unclear right now what's happening in Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela, but there's a lot of activity underway, as the BBC's Will Grant tells us.

The blast began around 2 a.m.

local time this morning.

Columbia President Gustavo Petro, meanwhile, says on social media that what's happening in Caracas amounts to an attack.