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courtneyk/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News
(WASHINGTON) — An additional 2,438,000 Americans filed for unemployment insurance last week, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday.
This brings the nine-week jobless claims total since the coronavirus crisis took hold in the U.S. to over 38 million people.
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