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Holiday hiring sign is displayed at a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell for the seventh straight week to a pandemic low 268,000. U.S. jobless claims dipped by 1,000 last week from the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday, Nov. 18. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

US jobless claims rise by 28,000, but still low at 222,000

12/02/2021 11:01 AM

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week even though the U.S. job market has been rebounding from last year's coronavirus recession.

Iowa unemployment rate down slightly to 3.9%

Iowa’s unemployment rate dropped slightly in October to 3.9%.

U.S. jobless claims drop seventh straight week to 268,000

Deere workers approve 3rd contract offer, will end strike

Walz heads week-long trade mission in the U.K. and Finland

Reports: Trump selling DC hotel to investment firm for $375M

Johnson & Johnson to split into 2, aim for faster growth

Apache Mall Hot Topic closed, sign on door points to worker walk-out

Vacant Legends Bar and Grill building will stay for now

Alliant Energy announces plans for Iowa's largest solar farm

Retirement brings leadership change at Hormel

Local trade industries suffer since pandemic, work to recruit younger population

Gov. Walz launches 'Build What Matters" campaign

RPU rate increase nears approval by council

On Nov. 1, no GM plants will be closed due to chip shortage

The Chevrolet Silverados and GMC Sierra pickups built at Flint Assembly are packed on Sept. 21, 2021. For the first time in eight months, the global shortage of computer chips won't force General Motors to close any North American factories. The company says Friday, Oct. 22, that as of Nov. 1, all plants that had been closed on and off since February due to the shortage will be making vehicles. The shortage has forced automakers to sporadically shut down plants since late last year. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)

Business

Olaf Scholz, SPD Chancellor-designate speaks at the SPD party conference at Willy Brandt House in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Dec.4, 2021. Delegates vote on a coalition agreement with the FDP and B�ndnis90/Die Gr�nen to form a new federal government. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

Scholz's party approves deal for new German coalition govt

BP oil spill fund: $103M to projects in 3 Gulf states

Time is no ally as Dems strain to finish Biden's $2T bill

Laos opens railway to China as debt to Beijing rises

Nevada court sides with gunmakers in Las Vegas shooting suit

Colorado supermarket shooting suspect incompetent for trial

Technology

AP Source: NSO Group spyware used to hack State employees

All Rep. Pressley wants for Christmas is her Mariah album

US government sues to block $40 billion Nvidia-Arm chip deal

Sports betting ads: Industry weighs how much is too much?

Island turns into open-air lab for tech-savvy volcanologists

From Square to Block: Another tech company changes its name

Science

The Denver skyline is seen on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. The Mile High City has already shattered its 87-year-old record for the latest measurable snowfall set on Nov. 21, 1934, and it's a little more than a week away from breaking an 1887 record of 235 consecutive days without snow. The scenario is playing out across much of the Rocky Mountains, as far north as Montana and in the broader Western United States, which is experiencing a megadrought that studies link to human-caused climate change. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Where's the snow? Rockies winter starts with a whimper

Study suggests past COVID infection may not fend off omicron

Scientists use stem cells to create models of pre-embryos

Spacewalking astronauts replace antenna after debris scare

Island turns into open-air lab for tech-savvy volcanologists

DNA matches body to Alaska man last seen alive in 1979

Local News

VIDEO: Skyrocketing cyber crime

Mayo Clinic extends time for employees to meet vaccine mandate

Witness testifies in day 4 of Rochester murder trial

Riverland helps train Minnesota National Guard emergency CNA

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Business

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Technology

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Science

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