Texas, Ohio join array of U.S. states reopening their economies
Texas and Ohio pushed ahead on Friday with a phased relaxation of restrictions that U.S. states put in place weeks ago to curb the coronavirus pandemic, as Georgia took another step toward a full restart by allowing all businesses to reopen.
U.S. House panel calls on Amazon’s Bezos to testify on company practices
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday called on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to testify to the panel about “competition concerns” related to the company’s business practices.
U.S. Republicans push for coronavirus lawsuit immunity for business
The top Republicans in the U.S. Congress displayed a united front on Friday in their drive for coronavirus-related liability protections for businesses, saying such measures will be crucial to talks about future relief legislation.
Private schools with significant endowments should return PPP loans: Mnuchin
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday private schools with significant endowments and have taken loans from the coronavirus stimulus law should return them.
Democrat Joe Biden says alleged sexual assault ‘never happened’
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden denied on Friday that he sexually assaulted a former U.S. Senate aide in 1993, in his first public remarks on the subject after he faced intense pressure to personally address the accusation.
‘I won’t be alive to work’ – Las Vegas union wants sick leave, quarantine pay
The winking airport slot machines that tell visitors they have arrived in Nevada’s Sin City are turned off and wrapped in police tape; the famed Las Vegas Strip is so empty a group of bicyclists zooms down the middle on a Friday night.
Overnight closure of New York subways may presage bigger changes
New York City’s subway, the ear-splitting, nerve-jangling system that New Yorkers and tourists alike love to hate, is taking the unprecedented step of halting overnight service in order to clean train cars, a likely prelude to bigger changes as the lar…
Exclusive: Too risky to come home, crew of ‘clean’ U.S. warship in coronavirus limbo
On any given day, the U.S. aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman can be found off the Atlantic coast of the United States, probably somewhere between Virginia and Florida. Its crew would love to come home to their families. But they can’t. They’re just too …
Woman living in her car brings sandwiches, love to the homeless of Houston
Dominick SeJohn Walton spots a man with a shopping cart piled high with belongings and a sign that says “Homeless. Please Help” under a Texas highway overpass. With the coronavirus keeping many at home, the road is quieter than usual.
As U.S. jobless claims surged in March, some states lagged with payments
Fewer than one in five Americans who filed for unemployment benefits in March received their first payments before the month was over, shedding light on how states struggled to distribute initial benefits after facing an unprecedented wave of claims ca…
