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More than 2.1 million additional Americans file for unemployment
glegorly/iStock(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- An additional 2,123,000 Americans filed for unemployment in the week ending May 23, according to date released this morning by the U.S. Labor Department. That brings to more than 40 million the total number of people who have filed for unemployment in the ten weeks since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and businesses […]
COVID-19 all-in-one update
(NEW YORK) -- Here's the latest information on the COVID-19 coronavirus as of 9:30 a.m. ET. Latest reported numbers globally per Johns Hopkins University Global diagnosed cases: 5,716,570 Global deaths: 356,124. The United States has the most deaths of any single country, with 100,442. Number of countries/regions: at least 188 Total patients recovered globally: 2,367,107 […]
Wanda Sykes, Ray Romano and others unite for charity event, 'Laughter in Lockdown'
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Wanda Sykes and Ray Romano are a few of the comedy stars gathering on Friday for the special one-night-only streaming event, Laughter in Lockdown. Proceeds from the two-hour event -- presented by NY Laughs, in partnership with The Actors Fund, the national human services organization that provides a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals -- will […]
Woman uses WHAT when ordered to wear a face mask?
sdominick/iStock(KIEV) -- A woman who was told she wouldn't be served at a post office in Kiev, Ukraine without a face covering to protect against COVID-19 was able to get her errand done by using the closest thing she could find -- her underwear. According to the U.K. website Metro, the woman can be seen on […]
Over 100,000 people now dead from COVID-19 in US
iStock/ninjaMonkeyStudio (NEW YORK) -- While the COVID-19 pandemic has sickened over 5.6 million people and killed more than 356,000 worldwide, in the U.S. death toll surpassed 100,000 on Wednesday. According to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, it's estimated that at least 100,442 people have died from COVID-19 in […]