What is the latest update on the U.S. unemployment rate?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. Stocks opened mixed this morning as a delayed report from the Labor Department showed a jump in the unemployment rate. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped nearly 70 points in early trading.
U.S. employers added just 64,000 jobs in November as the unemployment rate climbed to 4.6 percent. The economy recorded a net loss of jobs in October. as tens of thousands of federal workers who took buyouts earlier in the year were officially dropped from government payrolls. Job tallies for both October and November were delayed by the six-week government shutdown.
Health care and construction saw job gains in November, while factories and delivery companies cut jobs. The softening job market means employers are not having to raise wages as fast as they were. Average wages in November were up 3.5 percent from a year ago. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
Authorities in Providence, Rhode Island, have released new photographs of the suspect in last weekend's deadly mass shooting at Brown University. Two people were killed and nine others injured as they attended a study group. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Nerona says authorities are asking for the public's help to find the suspect.
We don't know where specifically he is right now, but we can and have been able to trace his movements. both before and after the shooting in the immediate vicinity of the Brown Barris and Holly building. And so, you know, piecing that evidence together, you know, we are making progress.
And we expect as more tips are coming in and more, we're going to be able to push out, I think, some more video evidence.
He spoke to NPR's Morning Edition. Police in Los Angeles say that today they'll give their homicide case to prosecutors. This is over the killings of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle. L.A. police say they suspect the Reiner's 32-year-old son, Nick, is responsible. Nick Reiner is being held without bail. He has not been charged, and he has not made an initial court appearance.
California's governor is hiring the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, whom President Trump fired. And Piers Ping Huang reports this is to help create a new public health initiative with nationwide reach.
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