Nation & World
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PublishedApril 16, 2020
Glitches prevent $1,200 stimulus payments from reaching millions of Americans
Filers who used tax preparers, parents of dependent children and people with 2019 tax returns still to be processed encounter confusion and delayed payments.
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PublishedApril 16, 2020
Federal small business loan program runs out of money, leaving employers grasping for lifelines
A bitterly divided Congress looked unlikely to address that growing problem as the nation plunged into unemployment levels not seen since the Great Depression.
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PublishedApril 16, 2020
Facebook will alert people who have interacted with coronavirus misinformation
The company said it displayed fact-checking labels on 40 million posts, based on 4,000 articles that its third-party reviewers had rated as false just last month.
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PublishedApril 16, 2020
Technology to track COVID-19 raises fears of mass surveillance
The ideas for new technologies range from systems to draw data from diagnostic testing labs and hospitals to mobile phone apps to identify the infected to help others avoid contact.
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PublishedApril 16, 2020
U.S. now has 22 million unemployed, as 5.2 million more seek aid amid layoffs
Roughly nearly 12 million people are now receiving unemployment checks, roughly matching the peak in January 2010, shortly after the Great Recession officially ended.
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PublishedApril 16, 2020
The Latest: Trump, aides float outlier theory on origin of coronavirus
The president and some White House officials are stepping up efforts to pin the blame on China.
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PublishedApril 15, 2020
Worldwide coronavirus infections surge past 2 million; U.S. deaths top 28,000
Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator for the White House COVID-19 task force, urges Americans to continue with social distancing, but she also says some states with smaller outbreaks, including Maine, might be able to open up more quickly.
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PublishedApril 15, 2020
Mnuchin, Schumer rev up talks as small-business aid runs dry
Talks in Washington are accelerating on a stopgap coronavirus relief bill aimed at helping smaller employers across the country.
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PublishedApril 15, 2020
Feds under pressure to publicly track nursing home outbreaks
Experts say that doing so could alert nearby communities and anguished relatives and also help officials see where to focus testing and other safety measures.
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PublishedApril 15, 2020
Trump looks to ease distancing in places, but CEOs urge caution
Industry executives warn the president that the return to normalcy will be anything but swift.
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