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Close to three million people filed jobless claims in the past week, bringing the total number of unemployed Americans to 36 million. Some 21.8 percent of the American workforce is now unemployed, a result of mass business closures imposed to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. While the closures initially hit retailers, restaurants, and the hospitality …

The Trump administration plans to extend restrictions on border crossings imposed during the coronavirus pandemic indefinitely. Under the restrictions, legal border crossings between Mexico and Canada have been closed to tourist travel, and people caught crossing the Mexico-U.S. border illegally are immediately returned to Mexico. President Trump signed an executive order in March implementing the …

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against the state’s extension of its stay at home order, which was put in place to stem the spread of the coronavirus. In a win for the Republican majority in the state legislature, the court ruled in a 4-to-3 decision that Democratic Governor Tony Evers’ stay at home …

FBI agents served a warrant at Senator Richard Burr’s (R., N.C.) Washington, D.C., home on Wednesday and confiscated his cell phone as part of an investigation into stock trades the senator made before the coronavirus pandemic sent Wall Street crashing. A spokesperson for the senator declined to comment to reporters regarding the developments, according to …

Who’s hungry? More than a dozen comedians joined together for an inspiring quarantine singalong with a message all the stressed, “fussy” eaters can relate to right now: “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “Eat It” — the 1984 parody of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It.” The video comes after Gal Gadot’s celebrity “Imagine” singalong was criticized as “out-of-touch” in …

Matt Damon is smitten with the seaside suburb of Dalkey, Ireland, where he, his wife, Luciana Barroso, and three youngest daughters have been in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic. “It feels like a fairy tale here,” the “Contagion” star told local radio station Spin 1038. “This is one of the most beautiful places we’ve ever …

Tesla has told employees at its Fremont, California, factory that they risk their unemployment benefits if they don’t get back to work on the assembly line following a seven-week coronavirus lockdown, according to a report. “Once you are called back, you will no longer be on furlough so if you choose not to work, it …

Take less money to play baseball in 2020? Blake Snell will see you in 2021. The Rays’ Cy Young Award winner made little secret about how he feels regarding a potential 50-50 revenue split that MLB owners are expected to propose to the union in order to resume its season, saying it’s “just not worth …

More than 2.9 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the coronavirus crisis put more than 36 million people out of work in two months, according to new data. That means the pandemic has sidelined roughly 23 percent of the American labor force as it put the US economy into a deep freeze. …

Amid the collapsing economy due to the coronavirus pandemic, Jeff Bezos is expected to come out smelling like a rose — and reach the exalted status of the world’s first trillionaire, according to research. The Amazon founder — whose fortune is estimated at $143 billion, up from $125 billion on April 12, according to the …