The Latest: More furloughed workers seek unemployment aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the partial government shutdown (all times local):
10:50 a.m.
The number of furloughed federal employees seeking unemployment benefits jumped in the first two weeks of the partial government shutdown and topped 10,000 during the week of Jan. 5.
The Labor Department says that’s double the number of federal workers who sought aid in the previous week. Typically, fewer than 1,000 former federal employees apply for jobless benefits each week.
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