New York coronavirus hospitalizations at six-week low: governor
The number of people hospitalized for the novel coronavirus across New York has fallen to a six-week low as the state hit hardest by the pandemic has figured out how to “control the beast”, Governor Andrew Cuomo told a briefing on Friday.
Working women, and especially single moms, are hit hard by coronavirus downturn
Before she was laid off from her bartending job in Charleston, South Carolina, Shana Swain used to spend her nights serving food and mixing Manhattans and Cosmopolitans.
Member of U.S. Vice President’s staff tests positive for coronavirus: official
A member of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s staff has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, briefly delaying his Friday flight to Iowa and prompting some fellow passengers on Air Force Two to disembark, according to a White House official.
Pence staffer tests positive for coronavirus, Trump says White House staffers wearing masks
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.
Member of U.S. Vice President’s staff tests positive for coronavirus: NBC reporter
A member U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s staff has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which caused Pence’s Friday flight to Iowa to be delayed and some fellow passengers on Air Force Two to disembark, according to a White House official.
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.
