May 21, 2020, 12:21pm Nation & World
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits in the two months since the coronavirus took hold in the U.S. has swelled to nearly 39 million, the government reported Thursday, even as states from coast to coast gradually reopen their economies and let people go back to work. Read story
May 21, 2020, 12:20pm Clark County Health Free
Clark County has added four new COVID-19 cases to its total, according to data released Thursday morning from Clark County Public Health. Read story
May 21, 2020, 11:40am Nation & World
A woman has tearfully embraced her dying sister in Australia after weeks of bureaucracy wrangling over pandemic travel restrictions. Read story
May 21, 2020, 11:38am Nation & World
When China convenes its National People’s Congress on Friday, will the 3,000 delegates stand shoulder to shoulder as they have in years past? Will they wear masks? Read story
May 21, 2020, 11:37am Nation & World
There are no daily public displays of gratitude for Russian doctors and nurses during the coronavirus crisis like there are in the West. Instead of applause, they face mistrust, low pay and even open hostility. Read story
May 21, 2020, 11:26am Business
Federal recommendations meant to keep meatpacking workers safe as they return to plants that were shuttered by the coronavirus have little enforcement muscle behind them, fueling anxiety that working conditions could put employees’ lives at risk. Read story
May 21, 2020, 11:20am Business
well equipped for drive-thru and takeout service — have fared better than sit-down restaurants as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the U.S., but that gap could start to close as dining rooms reopen. Read story
May 21, 2020, 11:10am Business
Signs of renewed activity are surfacing across the country as states gradually reopen economies and some businesses call a portion of their laid-off staffers back to work. Yet with millions more Americans seeking unemployment aid last week, the U.S. job market remains as bleak as it’s been in decades. Read story
May 21, 2020, 10:58am News
Washington education officials are weighing at least seven scenarios for reopening schools next fall and say the status quo — a patchwork of distance learning models crafted by individual school districts — is “not a viable approach.” Read story
May 21, 2020, 10:56am Latest News
Washington has trained more than 2,100 people to work as contact tracers during the coronavirus outbreak, people who will call every person who tests positive for COVID-19 to find out who they have had close contact with. Read story
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