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Job Growth Less Than Expected, But Unemployment Hits 5-Year Low

While the jobless rate edged down to 6.6 percent in January from December's 6.7 percent, only 113,000 jobs were added to payrolls. That's well below what was expected.

Thousands of supporters of former President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol following a "Stop the Steal" rally on Jan. 6. Prosecutors are working on hundreds of charges related to the breach.

Capitol Conspiracy Cases Show Plans For Violence, Not Necessarily For Breach

The massive Justice Department investigation into the Jan. 6 riot is ongoing, but the picture so far shows "small cells" of conspiracy, rather than an overarching one. Here's what's publicly known.

The scene at a job fair for veterans earlier this year in Washington, D.C.

Jobless Rate Ticks Up, But Job Growth Is Better Than Expected

There were 175,000 jobs added to payrolls last month. That's about 25,000 more than economists forecast. The unemployment rate, though, edged up to 6.7 percent from 6.6 percent in January.

Watch the 2025 Americana Honors & Awards

Watch the live ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 7:30 p.m. ET / 6:30 p.m. CT.

<strong>April 8:</strong> A Ukrainian police officer reacts to the carnage at the site of an attack that killed at least 50 people at a crowded train station in Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine, that was the center of civilian evacuations in the region.

Photos: Carnage at eastern Ukraine train station, where Russian strike killed 50

Ukraine has launched an investigation into war crimes officials believe have been committed by Russian forces during the course of the invasion.

Sundae + Mr. Goessl: Old Time Melodies Make For A Romantic Duet

No wonder they do a lot of wedding gigs - Sundae + Mr. Goessl (the stage act name for singer Kate Voss and her guitarist/songwriter husband Jason Goessl)…

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