Your Morning: Weekly applications for US jobless benefits fall to the lowest level in 4 months

Scott Fagerstrom

Updated: Sep 21, 2024 / 06:27 AM CDT

A hiring sign is seen in Wheeling, Ill., Wednesday, July 10, 2024. On Thursday, July 18, 2024, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Good morning! It’s Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Here’s a look at your news across the nation:

1️. Secret Service failures led up to July Trump assassination attempt

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by Secret Service at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. A senior FBI official says the gunman in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump searched online for events of both Trump and President Joe Biden and saw the Pennsylvania campaign rally where he opened fire last month as a “target of opportunity." (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) — FILE – Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by Secret Service at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. A senior FBI official says the gunman in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump searched online for events of both Trump and President Joe Biden and saw the Pennsylvania campaign rally where he opened fire last month as a “target of opportunity.” (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

2. Robinson won’t be at Trump’s North Carolina rally Saturday

ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA – AUGUST 14: Mark Robinson, lieutenant governor of North Carolina and candidate for governor, delivers remarks prior to Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaking at a campaign event at Harrah’s Cherokee Center on August 14, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. Trump will speak on the economy as Vice President Kamala Harris surges in the polls in swing states. (Photo by Grant Baldwin/Getty Images)

3. Weekly applications for US jobless benefits fall to the lowest level in 4 months

A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Mount Prospect, Ill., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

4. Kentucky sheriff who shot judge ‘angry’ in deposition: Lawyer

District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, left, and Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. “Mickey” Stines, 43, on the right. — District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, left, was allegedly killed by Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. “Mickey” Stines, 43, right, in his chambers Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (Letcher County government)

5. Rare Israeli airstrike in Beirut kills Hezbollah commander

People and rescuers gather at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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