NEARLY 9 MILION Americans lost their unemployment benefits as two federal programs expired over Labor Day weekend. / AP FILE PHOTO/KEITH SRAKOCIC
NEW YORK (AP) – Millions of jobless Americans lost their unemployment benefits on Monday, leaving only a handful of economic support programs for those who are still being hit financially by the year-and-a-half-old coronavirus pandemic. Two critical programs expired on Monday. One provided jobless aid to self-employed and gig workers and another provided benefits to…