‘Worst nightmare’: Laid-off workers endure loss of $600 aid
Aug 06, 2020
By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL and PAUL WISEMAN AP - An unemployed makeup artist with two toddlers and a disabled husband needs help with food and rent. A hotel manager says his unemployment has deepened his…
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Wave of evictions expected as moratoriums end in many states
Aug 04, 2020
By REGINA GARCIA CANO and MICHAEL CASEY BALTIMORE (AP) — Kelyn Yanez used to clean homes during the day and wait tables at night in the Houston area before the coronavirus. But the mother of…
Parents struggle as schools reopen amid coronavirus surge
Aug 03, 2020
By DENISE LAVOIE AP - Shannon Dunn has to report to her job this week as a cafeteria manager at an elementary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but she has no idea what she will…
Fauci optimistic COVID-19 vaccine will be widely available
Jul 31, 2020
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — Once a coronavirus vaccine is approved as safe and effective, Americans should have widespread access within a reasonable time, Dr. Anthony Fauci assured lawmakers Friday. Appearing…
Record economic plunge, bleak jobs numbers reveal virus toll
Jul 30, 2020
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and PAUL WISEMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy plunged by a record-shattering 32.9% annual rate last quarter, and the coronavirus pandemic is still cutting a path of destruction, forcing millions out…
States resist mask rules as Midwest virus uptick stirs alarm
Jul 29, 2020
By AMY FORLITI, LEAH WILLINGHAM and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The baseball season descended deeper into crisis Tuesday, states like Mississippi and South Carolina cast about for more hospital beds, and governors in…
Fed wrestles with its next moves as virus stalls US economy
Jul 28, 2020
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials are grappling this week with the timing and scope of their next policy moves at a time when the raging viral pandemic has weakened the U.S.…
Virus vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteers
Jul 27, 2020
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP - The world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government -- one of several candidates…
China tells US to close Chengdu consulate in growing spat
Jul 24, 2020
By JOE McDONALD BEIJING (AP) — China ordered the United States on Friday to close its consulate in the western city of Chengdu, ratcheting up a diplomatic conflict at a time when relations have sunk…
Portland’s mayor tear-gassed by US agents as protest rages
Jul 23, 2020
By GILLIAN FLACCUS PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon was tear-gassed by U.S. government agents late Wednesday as he stood outside a federal courthouse during another night of protests against the presence…