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Job market remains grim even as U.S. tentatively reopens

May 21, 2020 Comments Off on Job market remains grim even as U.S. tentatively reopens

A woman looks at signs at a store closed due to COVID-19 in Niles, Ill., Wednesday, May 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

More than 2.4 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week in the latest wave of layoffs from the viral outbreak that triggered widespread business shutdowns two months ago and sent the economy into a deep recession.

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Maryland to start universal coronavirus testing in prisons

May 21, 2020 Comments Off on Maryland to start universal coronavirus testing in prisons

This 2014 photo shows the exterior of the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover, M.D. Correctional officers at Maryland’s largest state prison for years helped scores of inmates smuggle narcotics, tobacco, pornography and cellphones into the facility in exchange for money and sex, according to a pair of sweeping federal indictments unsealed Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. (Laura Emmons/The Daily Times via AP)

Maryland will begin universal testing for COVID-19 in all state-run correctional and juvenile facilities, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday.

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Oprah Winfrey gives grants to ‘home’ cities during pandemic

May 20, 2020 Comments Off on Oprah Winfrey gives grants to ‘home’ cities during pandemic

FILE - This Feb. 8, 2020 file photo shows Oprah Winfrey during "Oprah's 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus" tour in New York. Winfrey announced Wednesday, May 20, 2020 that her Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation will donate money to organizations dedicated to helping undeserved communities in Chicago; Nashville, Tennessee; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Kosciusko, Mississippi, where she was born. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey is giving grants to the cities she’s called home through her $12 million coronavirus relief fund. She announced Wednesday that her Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation will donate money to organizations dedicated to helping underserved communities ...

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Judge isn’t ordering jail to free inmates in virus hot spot

May 20, 2020 Comments Off on Judge isn’t ordering jail to free inmates in virus hot spot

SILVER SPRING — A federal judge on Wednesday said she will require a Maryland jail in a COVID-19 hot spot to implement measures to prevent the virus from spreading inside the facility, but she isn’t ordering the immediate release of ...

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Stocks close higher as investors regain some more confidence

May 20, 2020 Comments Off on Stocks close higher as investors regain some more confidence

Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 20, 2020. Asian shares were mixed Wednesday as market players waffled between hopes for recovery as economies gradually reopen and worries over the havoc wreaked by the pandemic.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Global stock markets were subdued Wednesday as investors weighed hopes for a recovery as economies gradually reopen against worries over the havoc wreaked by the pandemic.

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States accused of fudging or bungling COVID-19 testing data

May 20, 2020 Comments Off on States accused of fudging or bungling COVID-19 testing data

Tina Nguyen, left, a nurse at at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle's International District, takes a nose swab sample from Mindy Balk, an ICHS employee, during walk- and drive-up testing for COVID-19, Friday, May 15, 2020. As testing supplies for coronavirus have become more abundant, the clinic has been able to offer testing to anyone in the community by appointment if they are experiencing symptoms. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Public health officials in some states are accused of bungling coronavirus infection statistics or even using a little sleight of hand to deliberately make things look better than they are.

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Stock indexes on Wall Street are mixed a day after big rally

May 19, 2020 Comments Off on Stock indexes on Wall Street are mixed a day after big rally

People wearing face masks walk past a bank electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Asian shares rose Tuesday on optimism about a potential vaccine for the coronavirus after hopes for a U.S. economic recovery in the second half of the year sent Wall Street into a rebound.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Stock markets eased back Tuesday from a rally the day before as poor economic data reinforced the challenges the world faces in recovering from the recession induced by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Company makes ‘bumper tables’ for restaurants amid virus

May 19, 2020 Comments Off on Company makes ‘bumper tables’ for restaurants amid virus

In this image made from Saturday, May 16, 2020, video provided by Revolution Event Design & Production, "bumper tables," created by the company and designed to allow people to practice social distancing while eating and talking, are debuted at Fish Tales, a restaurant in Ocean City, Md. (Katie Kirby/Revolution Event Design & Production via AP)

A company in Baltimore has created “bumper tables” designed to allow people to practice social distancing while eating and talking in outdoor settings amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Trump points to good news as restaurant owners tell of fears

May 19, 2020 Comments Off on Trump points to good news as restaurant owners tell of fears

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with restaurant industry executives about the coronavirus response, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, May 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Restaurant owners gave President Donald Trump a sobering accounting of the widespread damage the coronavirus pandemic has dealt their industry and asked him to adjust a loan program for small businesses to address their concerns. The president put a hopeful spin on the situation, saying encouraging news on vaccines and treatment efforts could “negate” the bad news.

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Mnuchin to face grilling about small-business lending effort

May 19, 2020 Comments Off on Mnuchin to face grilling about small-business lending effort

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a meeting with restaurant industry executives about the coronavirus response, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, May 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will likely come under tough questioning from senators Tuesday about a small business lending program included in the government's $2 trillion relief package.

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