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3 states ease lockdowns; US COVID-19 toll passes 50,000
RUSS BYNUM and DAVID CRARY
Associated Press
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Even as the confirmed U.S. death toll from coronavirus rose past 50,000, salons, spas...
Trump: Postal Service must charge Amazon more, or no loan
MARTIN CRUTSINGER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he won't approve a $10 billion loan for the...
Navy recommends reinstatement of fired carrier captain
LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Navy officer has recommended the reinstatement of the aircraft carrier captain fired...
Legal battles loom as businesses hit by virus sue insurers
MICHAEL TARM
AP Legal Affairs Writer
CHICAGO (AP) — A once-bustling bar and grill tucked below a Michigan Avenue overpass famously inspired a "Saturday Night...
California’s unemployment rate soars, but worst yet to come
California lost nearly 100,000 jobs in March, signaling a sudden end to a record 10-year streak of job growth because of a coronavirus outbreak...
Conservative group sues to stop California aid to immigrants
DON THOMPSON
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A conservative organization is asking the California Supreme Court to block the state's first-in-the-nation plan to give money...
U.S. home sales plunge 8.5% in March, and it may grow worse
U.S. sales of existing homes cratered 8.5% in March with real estate activity stalled by the coronavirus outbreak.The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday,...
Gov’t puts pressure on public companies to return loans
JOYCE M. ROSENBERG
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Big public companies that received loans under a government program intended to help small businesses...
Probe sought in Trump administration’s ouster of scientist
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Calls mounted Thursday for an investigation into the ouster of a senior government scientist who says he's being...
Stopping virus a huge challenge at crowded US meat plants
JOSH FUNK
Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Daily reports of giant meat-processing plants closing because workers tested positive for the coronavirus have called into...