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More than 1 million Americans file for unemployment, again

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the Coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and other segments of the economy rebound from a springtime collapse.

The Labor Department has reported that the number of people seeking jobless aid last week dropped by 98,000 from 1.1 million the week before. The number of initial claims has exceeded 1 million most weeks since late March. Before the Coronavirus pandemic, they never topped 700,000 in a week. More than 14.5 million are collecting traditional jobless benefits -- up from 1.7 million  a year ago -- a sign that many American families are depending on unemployment checks to keep them afloat.

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