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Another 881,000 people applied for state unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department says. That's down from the previous week, but the report comes with an asterisk.

After days of record gains, the stock market suddenly falls to earth, with shares of Apple, Tesla and Facebook leading the way down.

"This is something that the Russian intelligence services have been doing literally for decades, if not longer," says Steven Hall, former CIA chief of Russia operations.

Two years ago, Pamela Rush came to the U.S. Capitol and exposed the injustice of poverty in rural Alabama. A poverty, civil rights and environmental activist, she died of COVID-19 at age 49.

Some activists are sitting out protests after deadly incidents around the country. Others say they are not deterred but are taking extra safety precautions.

"I didn't call them to come help my brother die," Joe Prude told NPR. "I called them to come help me get my brother some help."

Fewer jobs were added to the economy last month even as the unemployment rate fell to 8.4%. Job growth has slowed since June in a sign of what could be a long and painful recovery from the recession.

The effort was launched after a sniffer dog named Flash signaled to his Chilean search and rescue team that someone might be alive under a pile of concrete and debris.

Three experts share advice on how to help the older people in our lives — parents, grandparents, neighbors, relatives, friends — feel comfortable and safe in the pandemic.

Other states will begin doing the same over the next few weeks in an election that's expected to break all records in the number of ballots cast early and by mail.