U.S. employers added a better-than-expected 130,000 jobs in January, according to a Labor Department report released on Wednesday, while the El Paso International Airport reopened after a mysterious closure. Meanwhile, the U.S. government has accused China of conducting secret nuclear tests, and new developments continue to emerge in the Jeffrey Epstein case.
The January jobs report showed the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3%, signaling a slight thaw in the job market after a weaker-than-expected 2025. This news came amid concerns that the nation's jobs engine had been sputtering, according to NPR News.
Simultaneously, the El Paso International Airport reopened after a brief closure, although the reason for the shutdown remained unclear. An earlier announcement had sparked overnight panic, according to Vox.
In other news, the U.S. government claimed that China was conducting secret nuclear tests. This information was reported by NPR Politics. The U.S. government's claims come as China may be developing new nuclear warheads for its hypersonic weapons, according to a report from NPR.
Additionally, journalist Vicky Ward discussed the fallout from the millions of publicly released documents in the Jeffrey Epstein case on NPR's Fresh Air. Ward, who first profiled Epstein in 2003, discussed the long time it took for the story to come out.
In scientific developments, a study published in Communications Materials explored the topological states of cobalt, a familiar magnet. The research, which was peer-reviewed, could have implications for spintronics, according to Phys.org.
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