A shooter opened fire at the Naval air station in Pensacola Friday morning in an attack that left three people dead including the assailant, and multiple people injured. The gunfire prompted a massive law enforcement response to the base, which was locked down.

The shooting is the second at a U.S. naval base this week. a sailor whose submarine was docked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, opened fire on three civilian employees Wednesday, killing two before taking his own life.

Hiring in the United States jumped last month to its highest level since january as U.S. employers shrugged off trade conflicts and a global slowdown and added 266,000 jobs.

November’s healthy job gain runs against a widespread view that many employers are either delaying hiring until a breakthrough in the U.S.-China trade war is reached or are struggling to find workers with unemployment so low. the pace of hiring points to the resilience of the job market and economy more than a decade into the U.S. economic expansion — the longest on record.

Minnesota budget officials projected a $1.3 billion surplus in the current two-year budget period on Thursday, setting up contentious debates for the 2020 legislative session on whether to save the extra money or spend it, possibly to cover tax cuts.

Budget Commissioner Myron Frans credited the surplus to a better-than-expected finish to the last budget period, a rosier revenue forecast and a modest decrease in estimated spending

Democratic Governor Tim Walz and democratic legislative leaders joined Frans in urging a cautious approach to using the money, given that the forecast predicts slower economic growth over the next four years and that it doesn’t account for inflation in program costs.

Abby Sliva can be reached at sliv7912@stthomas.edu