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KenWiedemann/iStock(HONOLULU) — Two cruise ships with no onboard reported cases of coronavirus, are not permitted to let passengers off to explore Hawaii, officials announced. As a precautionary measure to prevent spread of the virus — [Read More…]

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — U.S. financial markets saw some stabilization Thursday after Wednesday’s steep selloff as the coronavirus crisis continues to upend Wall Street. Despite opening approximately 2% down Thursday morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average [Read More…]

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of novel coronavirus, which began in China just three months ago, has tightened its grip around Europe and North America. The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has spread [Read More…]

Casarsa/iStock(JONESBORO, Ark.) — A property owner in Arkansas will not make its restaurant tenants pay rent in April during the move coronavirus pandemic, in which the practice of social distancing has impacted businesses like eateries. [Read More…]

allanswart/iStock(NEW YORK) — As the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit more Americans, helpful resources are emerging. One of the fastest-growing fallouts of coronavirus is a spike in the unemployment rate in [Read More…]

Gatsi/iStock(NEW YORK) — As much of the nation adjusts this week to sudden and indefinite home confinement, prison and jail wardens across the U.S. are scrambling to forestall an outbreak of COVID-19 inside a crowded [Read More…]

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of a new respiratory virus that began in China just three months ago has tightened its grip around Europe and North America. The novel coronavirus, known officially as COVID-19, has [Read More…]

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — U.S. financial markets opened lower Thursday following Wednesday’s steep sell-off as the coronavirus crisis continues to upend Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 400 points or about 2% [Read More…]

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of a new respiratory virus that began in China just three months ago has tightened its grip around Europe and North America. The novel coronavirus, known officially as COVID-19, has [Read More…]

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — Premarket trading for U.S. financial markets point to further losses Thursday after Wednesday’s steep sell-off. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average indicated an opening drop of approximately 500 points, or about [Read More…]

Mimadeo/iStock(NEW YORK) — Art Goldberg and Sarajane Johnson toured the streets of Marrakesh Wednesday, but not exactly as planned. Confined to a bus to keep their distance, they drove through streets of closed tea shops [Read More…]

webphotographeer/iStock(NEW YORK) — A leading labor union for hospitality workers said Wednesday that it expects 80% to 90% of its 300,000 members to be out of work due to the COVID-19 outbreak. “Workers face potential [Read More…]

webphotographeer/iStock(NEW YORK) — A leading labor union for hospitality workers said Wednesday that it expects 80% to 90% of its 300,000 members to be out of work due to the COVID-19 outbreak. “Workers face potential [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Severe weather hit the southern Plains overnight with five reported tornadoes west of Dallas and numerous reports of damaging winds mostly in Texas and southern Oklahoma. Video and pictures Thursday morning [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Severe weather hit the southern Plains overnight with five reported tornadoes west of Dallas and numerous reports of damaging winds mostly in Texas and southern Oklahoma. Video and pictures Thursday morning [Read More…]

Gwengoat/iStock(NEW YORK) — On March 8, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the nation’s jobless rate had fallen to 3.5%, the lowest since 1969, and bartenders like 29-year-old Desirée Duff of New York [Read More…]

RiverNorthPhotography/iStock(NEW YORK) — As the coronavirus outbreak continues and the federal government scrambles to come up with a national plan to keep people safe, governors are stepping up. And health experts have said that their [Read More…]

RiverNorthPhotography/iStock(NEW YORK) — As the coronavirus outbreak continues and the federal government scrambles to come up with a national plan to keep people safe, governors are stepping up. And health experts have said that their [Read More…]