Apr 18 Watch 4:57 How companies are partnering to find the workers they need By PBS NewsHour Millions of people have lost their jobs in the U.S. because of the pandemic. But as restaurants and retailers have closed their doors, other businesses like pharmacies and grocery stores have been ramping up hiring to meet a surge in… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch 6:13 Landmark Oregon bookstore strains to survive the pandemic By Tom Casciato The independent book business has been battered in recent decades, as locally owned sellers strained to compete with the online-giant Amazon. But the COVID-19 crisis has forced many to close their doors, depriving both readers and writers the spaces they… Continue watching
Apr 18 WATCH: Trump, coronavirus task force hold news briefing from the White House By Michael D. Regan President Trump and the White House coronavirus task force held a news briefing at 5 p.m. EST. Watch the briefing in the player above. Continue reading
Apr 18 AP FACT CHECK: Trump isn’t a king but claims expansive power By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Over the past week, President Donald Trump was pretender to a throne that doesn’t exist as he claimed king-like powers over the coronavirus pandemic response and Congress. Continue reading
Apr 18 Singapore sees huge surge in new virus cases By Mari Yamaguchi, Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press Singapore has reported 942 new coronavirus infections, a single-day high for the tiny city-state that pushed its total number of cases to 5,992. Continue reading
Apr 18 Racial toll of virus grows even starker as more data emerges By Kat Stafford, Meghan Hoyer, Aaron Morrison, Associated Press As a clearer picture emerges of COVID-19’s decidedly deadly toll on black Americans, leaders are demanding a reckoning of the systemic policies they say have made many African Americans far more vulnerable to the virus, including inequity in access to… Continue reading
Apr 18 Canada, US extend border restrictions for another 30 days By Rob Gillies, Associated Press Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday the U.S. and Canada have agreed to keep their border closed to nonessential travel for another 30 days. Continue reading
Apr 18 Reinstate? Reassign? Navy to decide fate of fired captain By Lolita C. Baldor, Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Navy’s top admiral will soon decide the fate of the ship captain who was fired after pleading for commanders to move faster to safeguard his coronavirus-infected crew on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. In the glare of a… Continue reading
Apr 18 Nations debate easing lockdown as economic hardship grows By Frank Jordans, Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press Governments around the world are wrestling with when and how to lift economically painful virus-control measures as unemployment rises and rent payments come due. Continue reading
Apr 17 Artists design messages of hope and gratitude across NYC By Joshua Barajas The hope is that, in artists’ hands, these messages won’t lose their impact as weeks go by and the crisis is still ongoing. Continue reading