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• A wheelchair skateboarding coach

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Today’s Big Story

U.S. Hiring Rebounds

• U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in October, nearly triple economists' expectations, as the unemployment rate fell slightly to 4.1%, according to a Labor Department report released Friday.

• Hiring accelerated sharply from September's revised gain of 60,000 jobs and far exceeded the average of 48,000 jobs added monthly over the past year. Professional and business services led the gains with 70,000 new positions, followed by health care with 42,000 and transportation and warehousing with 25,000. The government also revised August and September's figures upward by a combined 84,000 jobs.

• The stronger report suggests the labor market is recovering after a prolonged period of sluggish hiring. However, rising prices continue to squeeze household budgets. Average hourly wages increased 3.1% over the past year compared with September's 3.7% inflation rate. The report also complicates the Federal Reserve's next interest rate decision as officials weigh controlling inflation against the risk of slowing economic growth.

Saturday’s Quick Hits

• President Trump named Stephen Miller as his next White House chief of staff after Susie Wiles submitted her resignation Thursday night. Miller starts Monday after serving as deputy chief of staff for policy and helping shape the administration’s immigration agenda. Trump said Wiles will continue working for his political operation. (More)

• More than 3,200 migrants were rescued near Spain’s Canary Islands in the first six days of November. The recent surge has strained health and transport services on El Hierro. The island has about 11,400 residents and is a landing point for boats from West Africa. Despite the spike, arrivals during the first ten months of 2026 were about 61% lower than during the same period in 2024. (More)

• The United States and Russia are pushing back against a plan to set a timetable for negotiating binding international rules on autonomous weapons. These systems can select and attack targets without a person directing each strike. The disagreement heads into a United Nations conference in Geneva this month, where countries will consider whether to begin formal negotiations. (More)

• The world had its warmest October on record according to Europe’s Copernicus climate service. Its analysis through October projects that 2026 will be the second calendar year after 2024 to average more than 1.5°C above preindustrial levels. The Paris Agreement’s temperature goal concerns warming over a longer period, so a single year above that level does not by itself mean the target has been breached. (More)

• Tesla plans to wind down Cybertruck production around the middle of 2027. CEO Elon Musk said the company would use the space at its Texas factory to build more Cybercabs. The factory is Tesla’s only Cybertruck production site. Kelley Blue Book estimates Cybertruck sales fell 28% from January through September compared to the same period last year. (More)

Weekly Dose of Positive

• Students in Houston opened an auto shop to the public where routine jobs such as oil changes give them hands-on training. (More)

• A support dog saved a man’s life by alerting its deaf owner after her husband took a serious fall. (More)

• Sikh and Hindu residents in India’s Punjab have donated land and helped rebuild mosques destroyed during the violence that followed the 1947 Partition. (More)

• An athlete who has conquered mountains and marathons now teaches people to skateboard in wheelchairs. (More)

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