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WASHINGTON (AP) — Some analysts believe Americans appear to be more optimistic about their job prospects. A half-million people started looking for work last month -- and most of them found employment. The unemployment rate held steady at 6.7 percent. And more than six years after the Great Recession began, private employers have finally regained all of the jobs that were lost. But because the population has grown, the unemployment rate remains higher.
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The commander at the Army's Fort Hood says the soldier who opened fire on other soldiers on Wednesday, killing three, had an "escalating argument" prior to the attack. Investigators now believe his mental condition was not the "direct precipitating factor." There's no indication that Ivan (ee-VAHN) Lopez targeted any one specifically.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some black military women say new Army appearance regulations are racially biased. The new standards issued this week ban most twists, dreadlocks and large cornrows, styles used by African-American women with natural hairstyles. More than 11,000 people have signed a White House petition asking President Barack Obama to have the military review the regulations to allow for "neat and maintained natural hairstyles." The new rules also ban several male hairstyles including Mohawks.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Washington has dismissed a lawsuit against Obama administration officials over the 2011 drone-strike killings of three U.S. citizens in Yemen, one of them an al-Qaida cleric. Judge Rosemary Collyer says the case raises serious constitutional questions and is not easy to answer. The government has argued that the matter is best left to Congress and the executive branch, not judges.
UNDATED (AP) — Evenflo is recalling more than 1.3 million child safety seat buckles due to the risk children could not be removed quickly in an emergency. The government says the recall includes buckles used in a number of children's convertible and booster seat models manufactured between 2011 and 2014. This includes some of Evenflo's Momentum, Chase, Maestro, Symphony, Snugli, Titan, SureRide and SecureKid models.
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