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U.S. employers added 638,000 jobs last month as the unemployment rate dropped to 6.9%. The U.S. has regained about half the jobs lost in March and April, but a pandemic surge may cloud the recovery.

Election officials across the U.S. continued counting votes Friday. The practice of counting ballots after Election Day is not unusual, but President Trump has raised doubts about it.

An official at the New York City Police Department is accused of posting racist and anti-Semitic messages to an online forum frequented by police.

This year, many national and state polls were off in the presidential election, suggesting a more apparent outcome in favor of Joe Biden. NPR discusses what might have gone wrong.

As the U.S. awaits election results, the pandemic continues to ravage the country. More than 120,000 new cases were reported in a single day for the first time this week. NPR discusses the latest.