The House prepared Thursday to pass a bipartisan $484 billion spending package as the unemployment crisis continued to deepen, a stark illustration of how policy makers continue trying to rescue an unraveling economy.The legislation would restart a small-business loan program that was swamped by demand during the coronavirus pandemic and allocate more money for health-care…
The initial loan rollout was marred by glitchy Web portals, a chaotic regulatory process, a frustrating lack of cooperation from big banks and a struggling bureaucracy. Some large hotel and restaurant chains received loans that were meant for Main Street businesses, prompting calls for changes.The bipartisan deal finalized Tuesday includes $250 billion for the Paycheck…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…