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Engineering job seekers wait an average of 49 days to get hired after submitting job applicationshttps://trib.al/FFGcZKF 

Secretary of State Antony Blinken told foreign ministers from Southeast Asian countries that the United States is concerned about the rapid growth of China's nuclear arsenal.https://trib.al/l0PvYYk 

Florida's Board of Education approved an emergency rule that will allow parents to obtain vouchers to move their children to another school if they perceive any type of "COVID-19 harassment" against their child as related to mask or testing mandates.https://trib.al/W8Z9oAl 

It's the final extension of the freeze on federal loan payments, which has maintained a 0% interest rate and pause on collections of defaulted loans.https://www.axios.com/covid-student-debt-biden-fa021ce0-9fcd-4fe1-bd88-690b0b999c51.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=politics-studentloans …

NEW: The Biden administration has extended pandemic relief for student debt through Jan. 31, 2022, the Department of Education announced.https://trib.al/V8Un24c 

A lawyer representing IU students filed an emergency petition asking the Supreme Court to block the school’s vaccine mandate, one of many set to take effect this fall. It's the first time the nation's high court has been asked to weigh in on the issue.https://trib.al/tgFShi6 

Unvaccinated people are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with the coronavirus compared to those who are vaccinated, per a study from the CDC.https://trib.al/izu9gU3 

White House emphasizes clean bus provisions in bipartisan infrastructure planhttps://trib.al/K7uhUzx 

A man stabbed at least 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo, Japan before being captured by law enforcement.https://trib.al/w0y3EvW 

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett nominated Mike Herzog as Israel's next ambassador to Washington. Herzog, who is one of Israel’s most experienced and respected strategic thinkers, is the brother of Israel’s President Issac Herzog.https://trib.al/8LuO1Cd 

A major carbon tax group and its advocacy arm has suspended Exxon's membership following the release of a video in which a senior Exxon lobbyist says the company has only come out in favor of a carbon tax for PR reasons.https://trib.al/IPqW946 

The Interior Department said that more than 30 staff members have died from the coronavirus. Melissa Schwartz, Interior communications director, said that more than 4,000 staffers have reported contracting the disease.https://trib.al/7wcPvRN 

Quinn became the first openly transgender and nonbinary athlete to medal — and win gold — at the Olympics with Canada's penalty kicks victory over Sweden today in women's soccer.https://trib.al/yFTJrxr 

NEW: A New Jersey man became the first person to plead guilty to assaulting a law enforcement officer during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.https://trib.al/pee31eK 

The Taliban has captured Zaranj, the capital of Afghanistan's Nimruz province. It's the first provincial capital to fall under Taliban control since Biden announced the U.S. military withdrawal.https://trib.al/ojlmrWj 

Some 900 manatees have died in Florida waters since Jan. 1, making this the deadliest year for the animal in history — with five months left.https://trib.al/wyJDv7R 

Biden trumpeted the strong July jobs report today as evidence that his economic plans are working, but emphasized that more work still needs to be done to ensure the economy's full recovery as the Delta variant continues to spread.https://trib.al/MCVgD9Y