Year: 2020

jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — An outbreak of the novel coronavirus that began in China about three months ago has now infected more than 7,300 people across all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The [Read More…]

jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — An outbreak of the novel coronavirus that began in China about three months ago has now infected more than 7,300 people across all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The [Read More…]

BCFC/iStock(LONDON) — The trial of a prominent human rights activist who campaigned for women’s right to drive in Saudi Arabia held its first open court session today, nearly two years after her arrest. Loujain al-Hathloul, [Read More…]

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average rebounded sharply Tuesday, though not nearly enough to make up for the massive coronavirus-induced losses suffered Monday. The Dow climbed more than 1,000 points or over 5% [Read More…]

pabradyphoto/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve announced a new emergency strategy to help support the flow of credit to U.S. households and businesses as the novel coronavirus outbreak hammers the economy, establishing a commercial paper fund [Read More…]

vichie81/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 1,100 points at Wednesday’s opening, marking another day of volatility on Wall Street as the novel coronavirus crisis continues to sow massive uncertainty on [Read More…]

jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — AThe novel coronavirus outbreak has now infected at least 6,496 people in all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. At least 113 have died in the U.S., according to ABC News’ [Read More…]

Petrovich9/iStock(NEW YORK) — A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, early Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was reported shortly after 7 a.m. local time. ESPN reporter Holly Rowe [Read More…]

vichie81/iStock(NEW YORK) — Premarket trading on U.S. financial markets Wednesday pointed to steep losses at the opening and another day of volatility as the novel coronavirus crisis continues to sow massive uncertainty on the global [Read More…]