An arcane battle over emergency Federal Reserve powers is frustrating efforts to lock down an agreement on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package.
The Army general in charge of getting COVID-19 vaccines across the United States is apologizing for what he calls “miscommunication” with states over the number of doses to be delivered in the early stages of distribution.
California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers.
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Lauran Neergaard & Matthew Perrone, Associated Press
A U.S. college student and her boyfriend have been sentenced to four months in prison in the Cayman Islands for violating strict COVID-19 measures following a recent ruling that will be appealed, their attorney said Thursday.
The top leaders of the U.S. House and Senate will be receiving the coronavirus vaccine in the next few days, and Congress’ attending physician has informed members that they are all eligible for the shots under “government continuity” guidelines.
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Colleen Slevin & Michael Liedtke, Associated Press
Dozens of states are joining an escalating effort to prove Google has been methodically abusing its power as the internet’s main gateway in a way that hurts consumers and advertisers.
Jeremy Bulloch, the English actor who played Boba Fett in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, has died. Bulloch's agents said in a statement that he died in a London hospital Thursday after years of suffering from Parkinson's disease. He was 75.
The government's cybersecurity agency is expressing increased alarm about a hack of computer systems in the U.S. and around the globe that officials suspect was carried out by Russia.
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Matthew Perrone & Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press
A U.S. government advisory panel has endorsed a second COVID-19 vaccine. The action Thursday paves the way for the shot from Moderna to be added to the U.S. vaccination campaign.
A total of 4,386 Utah workers filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week, according to the latest report from the Department of Workforce Services.
Another 885,000 people filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week -- an increase from the week prior and higher than the 800,000 claims that economists were expecting.
Ten states have brought a lawsuit against Google, accusing the search giant of “anti-competitive conduct” in the online advertising industry including a deal to manipulate sales with rival Facebook.