May 21 GOP weighs jobless aid cuts to urge Americans back to work By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell huddled Thursday at the White House as Republicans stake out new plans to phase out coronavirus-related unemployment benefit. Continue reading
May 21 Watch 7:00 Why Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam delayed reopening parts of his state The Washington, D.C., metropolitan area is one of three regions where cases of the coronavirus are plateauing, instead of declining. It includes parts of Virginia, whose governor, Ralph Northam, approved the phased reopening of most of his state last week. Continue watching
May 21 Watch 7:11 How the pandemic has pushed U.S. retail toward the brink of collapse By Paul Solman For more than two months, the toll of unemployment in the U.S. has grown each week. The retail sector, which was already struggling before the pandemic, is among the hardest hit, with stores closed or at reduced capacity and consumers… Continue watching
May 21 Watch 9:19 Can U.S. transit workers be kept safe on crowded buses and trains? By PBS NewsHour, Jaywon Choe U.S. transit workers have been hit hard by the coronavirus. More than 120 have died from the disease just within New York City Transit, and drivers and transport workers represent the second-largest share of work-related cases, according to a Harvard… Continue watching
May 21 Nearly 39 million have sought U.S. jobless aid since virus hit By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press Roughly 38.6 million people have now filed for jobless aid since the coronavirus forced millions of businesses to close their doors and shrink their workforces, the Labor Department said Thursday. Continue reading
May 20 U.S. health officials quietly release more reopening guidance By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press U.S. health officials have quietly released more reopening guidance that was created more than a month ago but initially shelved. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 5:17 This truck-driving couple’s Brief But Spectacular take on surviving COVID-19 Married couple Chante and Ron Drew are truck drivers transporting groceries and other essential supplies across the country. They take turns driving and sleeping. But when they came down with COVID-19, their ability to hit the road -- and earn… Continue watching
May 20 AT&T to drop misleading ‘5G’ marketing for non-5G networks By Tali Arbel, Associated Press AT&T in December 2018 began talking about a “5G Evolution” service. But it was not 5G. It was merely the existing 4G network with minor speed boosts, at least compared to the fastest type of 5G networks. Continue reading
May 20 Republican operatives front ‘pro-Trump’ doctors to prescribe rapid reopening By Michael Biesecker, Jason Dearen, Associated Press Republican political operatives are recruiting what are described as "extremely pro-Trump" doctors to go on television to prescribe reviving the U.S. economy as quickly as possible, without waiting to meet safety benchmarks proposed by public health experts. Continue reading
May 20 WATCH: Pence visits tourism-reliant Florida as Disney shops reopen By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence is visiting central Florida as the region's biggest tourist destination begins reopening. Pence visited Orlando on Wednesday to meet with tourism officials, talk to the governor and drop off protective equipment at a nursing home. Continue reading