U.S., Utah unemployment claims show small improvement, as ‘disruptive’ pandemic drags on

(Steven Senne | AP) Customers walk past a hiring sign as they enter a Target retail store location, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Westwood, Mass. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined last week to a still-high 837,000, evidence that the economy is struggling to sustain a tentative recovery that began this summer.