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President Obama said Thursday he is "deeply concerned" about unemployment. The remarks to The Associated Press came after the Labor Department said U.S. businesses shed 467,000 jobs in June and that the unemployment rate increased to 9.5 percent.

A federal fund that has given employers a financial incentive to keep providing health insurance coverage for early retirees is winding down at year's end. Did it work?

A number of sites in the Greater Cincinnati region won a recent round of grant funding from the state of Ohio.

The award for lifetime artistic achievements will also recognize jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval. The Apollo Theater will receive a special Honors as "an iconic American institution."

A combined $5.5 million in funding from the Kentucky Product Development Initiative will go toward the two projects in Northern Kentucky.

The capital budget included more than $700 million in one-time funds for community projects across Ohio.

The Ohio Department of Transportation plans to renovate highways and drainage systems with a new construction projected slated for completion in three years.

After Hurricane Helene flooded an IV fluid factory in North Carolina, the government and industry are trying to mitigate shortages.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with WNYC listener Eileen Appel of New York City.

A Kremlin envoy says peace talks in Florida on a U.S.-proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine are proceeding constructively, after U.S. meetings with Ukrainian and European officials in Berlin.