WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease official, says he feels safe despite reports he’s received online threats and has had uncomfortable personal encounters with admirers. Those have prompted the Trump […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak has triggered a stunning collapse in the U.S. workforce with 10 million people losing their jobs in the past two weeks and economists warn unemployment could reach levels […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, far exceeding a record high set just last week, a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst of the coronavirus. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of small business owners will be turning to the government, seeking help for the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The government plans to begin disbursing loan money to […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Islamic State group and al-Qaida are seeing the coronavirus pandemic as a chance to strike harder than ever. IS has urged followers to show no mercy and launch attacks amid the […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The COVID-19 outbreak has prompted companies large and small to rethink how they do business. Bloom Energy in San Jose, California, makes hydrogen fuel cells. But recently, they have been refurbishing […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he expects Saudi Arabia and Russia will end an oil war and dramatically cut production. A global glut in production, coupled with an economy reeling from the coronavirus […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Major construction projects are moving forward along both U.S. borders and raising fears that the influx of workers could spread the coronavirus. Along the northern border, a Canadian company says it […]
OAK PARK, Illinois (AP) — Residents are snitching on businesses and neighbors as authorities worldwide work to enforce business shutdowns and stay-at-home orders meant to limit person-to-person contact amid the coronavirus pandemic. They’re phoning police […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sued to break up the multibillion-dollar partnership between tobacco giant Altria and e-cigarette startup Juul Labs. In a legal filing Wednesday, the watchdog agency said the […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — As both COVID-19 cases and unemployment rise across Europe, governments and the European Union are trying to cushion the violence of the economic shock with schemes to avoid layoffs. More than one […]
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has ordered most Russians to stay off work until the end of the month to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Speaking in a televised address to the nation […]
NEW YORK — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed past 3,500 Tuesday, eclipsing China’s official count. New York’s mammoth convention center started taking patients to ease the burden on the city’s overwhelmed health […]
