Still hiring! Walmart, other superstores buck U.S. employment trend
Amid the carnage of the U.S. employment report for April was one bright spot: superstores led by Walmart Inc , the world’s largest retailer, added more than 90,000 jobs.
U.S. chief justice puts hold on disclosure of Russia investigation materials
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday put a temporary hold on the disclosure to a Democratic-led House of Representatives committee of grand jury material redacted from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2…
U.S. post office loss doubles as it warns COVID-19 will hit its finances
The U.S. Postal Service on Friday said its losses more than doubled to $4.5 billion in the quarter ending in March and warned the economic slowdown spurred by the spread of COVID-19 could severely hurt its finances over the next 18 months.
After historic job losses from virus, Americans begin heading back to work
The coronavirus pandemic triggered the steepest monthly loss of American jobs since the Great Depression, the U.S. government said on Friday, while Michigan and California prepared to put people back to work to end weeks of a manufacturing shutdown.
Some White House staff to wear masks after valet tests positive: Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said certain White House staff members have started wearing face masks, one day after the White House said his personal valet had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
U.S. Post Office board meets as COVID takes its toll and funding dries up
The U.S. Postal Service’s Board of Governors meets on Friday at a critical juncture as it faces accusations from the White House that it charges package shippers such as Amazon.com too little and as the new coronavirus cuts its revenue by about $13 bi…
Pandemic pushes California bookstores to find innovative ways to keep customers
Peer past the sign declaring that Beers Books is closed due to coronavirus restrictions, and you can see boxes stacked high on pallets and bins waiting to be filled with orders, as the 85-year-old Sacramento institution prepares to reopen on Friday.
Exclusive: Biden allies told to attack Trump’s stimulus as ‘cronyism’
Allies of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are being told to sharpen attacks on President Donald Trump’s stimulus efforts as thinly veiled “cronyism,” according to a memo being sent to Democratic officeholders and supporters on Fri…
Special Report: For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection
By Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Jackie Botts, Andrea Januta and Guillermo Gomez
Six takeaways from Reuters investigation of police violence and ‘qualified immunity’
Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Freddie Gray. Their names are seared into Americans’ memories, egregious examples of lethal police violence that stirred protests and prompted big payouts to the victims’ families.
