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1.5 million more laid-off workers seek unemployment benefits

by AP Economics Writer
| June 18, 2020 6:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a historically high number, even as the economy increasingly reopens and employers bring some people back to work.

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