Hundreds of unemployed Kentucky residents wait in long lines outside the Kentucky Career Center for help with their unemployment claims on June 19, 2020 in Frankfort, Kentucky.John Sommers II/Getty ImagesThe financial aid that jobless workers have been receiving to shore up household income during the coronavirus pandemic is poised for a dramatic reduction in just…
Updated June 23, 2020 Biden vs. Trump Joe Biden has taken a commanding lead over President Trump in the 2020 race, according to a new national poll by The Times and Siena College. Tuesday’s Elections Fears about the coronavirus reduced the number of polling places and led to a surge in absentee balloting that delayed…
The family of Army Private First Class Vanessa Guillen are calling for an independent investigation into her disappearance, and have called for Fort Hood, the base she was stationed at, to be closed if she is found dead. The 20-year-old was last seen on April 22, wearing a black t-shirt and purple workout pants. Her car…
For a brief moment, California returned to bars, beaches and Botox. But after a few days, much of the state is reversing course as hospitals see an alarming spike in people sick with COVID-19, raising the specter of an overwhelmed medical system.“It’s scary,” said Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at UC San Francisco. “We…