Jobless claim filings continued at a historically unprecedented pace last week with 4.4 million new signups for unemployment insurance, bringing the total of the past five weeks to 26.4 million, the Labor Department said Thursday.The number represented a decline of 810,000 from the previous week, but the five-week total has now surpassed all of the…
The United Nations World Food Program warned this week that as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the number of people facing food crisis could double -- to 260 million worldwide. David Beasley, the organization’s executive director, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss how the developing world, already suffering due to climate change and conflict,…
Harvard University has rejected President Donald Trump's demand that it repay an $8 million check it received to help mitigate the impact of the coronavirus."They have to pay it back, I don't like it," the president said Tuesday. "This is meant for workers — this isn't meant for one of the richest institutions."Trump also suggested…
Lisa Kaczke, Sioux Falls Argus Leader Published 11:22 a.m. CT April 21, 2020 | Updated 4:00 p.m. CT April 21, 2020CLOSEThe state paid $11 million in state unemployment benefits and $9.6 million in federal unemployment funds last week. Before the pandemic, the state typically paid $540,000 per week in unemployment benefits, South Dakota Labor Secretary Marcia…
LONDON (Reuters) - A million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by British scientists are already being manufactured and will be available by September, even before trials prove whether the shot is effective, the team said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in…
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…