How will we vote? Outbreak revives debate on mail-in ballots
Mar 31, 2020
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and RACHEL LA CORTE OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic knocks primary election after primary election off schedule, Democrats argue the outbreak shows the country needs to move toward one of their…
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Navy hospital ship set to arrive in NYC harbor
Mar 30, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — A Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds is set to arrive Monday in New York City as officials pressed for more federal help. Mayor Bill de Blasio said President Donald Trump’s…
Virus changes menus, operations as restaurants struggle
Mar 27, 2020
By DAN SEWELL CINCINNATI (AP) — In the battle to keep their New York City restaurant going despite sharp restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak, the owners of Il Posto Accanto are relying on something Beatrice…
3.3 million seek US jobless aid, nearly 5 times earlier high
Mar 26, 2020
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — almost five times the previous record set in 1982 — amid a widespread economic shutdown caused by the…
White House, Congress agree on $2 trillion virus rescue bill
Mar 25, 2020
By ANDREW TAYLOR, LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Senate leaders of both major political parties announced agreement early Wednesday on an unprecedented $2 trillion emergency bill to rush…
Monday: Big layoffs, bigger hirings, massive markets swings
Mar 23, 2020
The Associated Press The rapid spread of the coronavirus since it was first reported in China has dealt an unprecedented shock to the global economy. Following are business developments Monday related to the outbreak as…
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
Mar 20, 2020
AP - The death toll from the global pandemic surpassed 10,000 people worldwide and the effects of a global economy grinding to a halt because of the pandemic were beginning to show, from millions of unsold…
Jobless claims jump by 70,000 as virus starts to take hold
Mar 19, 2020
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits surged last week by 70,000, indicating that the impact of the coronavirus was starting to be felt in rising…
Trump invokes emergency authority; Big 3 automakers closing
Mar 18, 2020
By TIM SULLIVAN and DAVID RISING MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday moved to invoke emergency authority to marshal industry to fight the coronavirus, as the economic fallout from the crisis mounted with…
World hunkers down at home, stranded travellers scramble
Mar 17, 2020
By CHRIS BLAKE and FRANK JORDANS BERLIN (AP) — Tens of millions of people hunkered down in government-ordered isolation Tuesday as borders slammed shut, schools and businesses closed and increasingly drastic restrictions on movement took…