The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week totaled 1,434 million, the Labor Department reported Thursday, roughly in line with expectations, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate the U.S. economy. It was the nineteenth consecutive week in which initial claims totaled at least 1 million …

More than 1.43 million people applied for unemployment benefits for the first time last week, according to weekly data released Thursday by the Labor Department. It is the second week in a row that the number has increased, and the 19th week in a row that the US has seen …

President Trump on Thursday raised the possibility of delaying the November general election, in a fiery new warning about the implications of mail ballots. In a tweet in which he stated that practicing on a “universal” scale would lead to “the most INACCURATE AND FRAUDULENT election in history,” Trump suggested: …

Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Stephen Hahn on Thursday declined to take a definitive stance on whether people should take hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the coronavirus, saying that decision should be made between a doctor and a patient. “We had data that when this drug was …

He may be facing MLB anger, but Joe Kelly has plenty of players on his side. The Dodgers reliever received an eight-game suspension on Wednesday after pitching against Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa. Kelly is typically wild, but facing the Astros for the first time since it was discovered that …