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April 1, rent's due: Many struggle to pay in virus outbreak

It's the first of the month, and everybody knows the rent's due. For millions of Americans, Wednesday is the first time the ...

Apply here: How to spend $2.2 Trillion _ and rescue economy

President Donald Trump aims to shovel $2.2 trillion into the U.S. economy over the next few weeks to try to cushion its free ...

The Latest: Greece Easter services to be behind closed doors

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, ...

Stocks skid as physical, economic toll of virus worsens

Wall Street and markets around the world fell sharply Wednesday as the economic and physical toll caused by the coronavirus ...

Payton back at work, unsure if Brees plays beyond 2020

Saints coach Sean Payton said he didn't mean to insinuate on a television appearance that record-setting quarterback Drew ...

NASA call for astronauts draws 12,000 spaceflight hopefuls

Who wants to be an astronaut? More than 12,000 people do, resulting in NASA's second-largest group of astronaut hopefuls.

Call for virus volunteers yields army of health care workers

The work is exhausting and dangerous, the situation bleak. But an army of health care workers heeded New York’s call for help ...

Judge dismisses pharmacies' lawsuit against physicians

A federal judge in Cleveland has dismissed an effort by pharmacy companies to shift their liability for the opioid crisis to ...

Pelosi sees infrastructure package similar to Trump $2T plan

House Democrats want to enact a massive infrastructure package upgrading the nation's broadband, road and water systems, ...

What you need to do to get your government stimulus check

The IRS and the Treasury Department say Americans will start receiving their economic impact checks in the next three weeks.

Why health experts aren't warning about coronavirus in food

Chicken with salmonella can make you sick. So can romaine lettuce with E. coli and buffets with lurking norovirus. So why ...

FDA wants heartburn meds off the market due to contamination

U.S. health regulators are telling drugmakers to immediately pull their popular heartburn drugs off the market after ...

Virus lockdown changes how Hindus celebrate holy period

Rukmani Sharma fears the virus that has turned the world upside down. But as a devout Hindu, she also fears for her soul.

Sprint and T-Mobile merge, creating new wireless giant

Mobile carrier T-Mobile has completed the takeover of smaller rival Sprint, creating a new wireless giant that rivals AT&T ...

Rural areas fear spread of virus as more hospitals close

As the coronavirus spread across the United States, workers at the lone hospital in one Alabama county turned off beeping ...

Rowling starts Harry Potter At Home for housebound families

J.K. Rowling is hoping a dash of Harry Potter will help families confined to their homes during the coronavirus pandemic.

Reporting for duty: Airline crew sign up to help hospitals

Filip Palmgren had wanted to work on planes since he was a child. Now, after just two years as a flight attendant, the ...

Mercedes has worst Takata air bag recall completion rate

Of all the automakers that are recalling dangerous Takata air bag inflators, Mercedes is the laggard when it comes to getting ...

WarnerMedia names former Hulu chief Jason Kilar CEO

Jason Kilar, the founding chief executive of Hulu and a former Amazon senior vice president, has been named CEO of ...

Finances hurting? Watch 'Let's Make a Deal'

Instead of watching their own finances crater, shut-in television viewers tuned in to the game show “Let's Make a Deal” in ...