Illinois governor to extend stay-at-home order: local media
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker was expected on Thursday to extend his state’s stay-at-home order, which was to expire on April 30, to stem the spread of COVID-19, local media reported.
More than 5,000 U.S. meat, food-processing workers exposed to coronavirus: union
More than 5,000 U.S. meat and food-processing workers have been infected with or exposed to the new coronavirus, and 13 have died, the country’s largest meatpacking union said on Thursday.
U.S. House to pass $500 billion coronavirus bill as next fight looms
The U.S. House of Representatives returned to Washington on Thursday to pass a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill, funding small businesses and hospitals and pushing the total spending response to the crisis to an unprecedented nearly $3 trillion.
Inside Trump’s proposal to suspend some legal immigration amid coronavirus crisis
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday that temporarily blocks some foreigners outside the United States from obtaining U.S. permanent residency, a move he said would protect American workers amid the economic fallout from the co…
Quarantine with Rube Goldberg: California family builds ultimate domino effect machine
Isolation at home inspired one California family to build an elaborate two-story Rube Goldberg machine, and it probably didn’t hurt that mom is a high school science teacher.
On ‘very, very sad day,’ U.S. House to pass coronavirus aid as unemployment soars
The U.S. House of Representatives returned to Washington on Thursday to pass a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill, funding small businesses and hospitals and pushing the total spending response to the crisis to an unprecedented nearly $3 trillion.
Some Americans prepare to go back to work as jobless claims spike over virus
Some businesses prepared on Thursday to reopen in Georgia and a handful of other U.S. states for the first time in a month, as another week of massive unemployment claims highlighted the grim economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. coronavirus deaths top 48,000, averaging 2,000 lives lost a day: Reuters tally
U.S. coronavirus deaths topped 48,000 on Thursday as the number of lives lost in April rises by an average of 2,000 a day, according to a Reuters tally.
Texas to allow abortions amid pandemic after court fight
Texas will allow abortions to resume following a legal battle over whether the Republican-governed state could enact a near-total ban on the procedure to preserve supplies of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic.
New York test of 3,000 people finds 14% with coronavirus antibodies
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday a screening of 3,000 people found nearly 14% tested positive for antibodies for the novel coronavirus, suggesting that 2.7 million residents across the state may have been infected with the disease.
