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Report: 6.6 million unemployment claims last week

More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — doubling a record high set just one week earlier — a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst of the coronavirus. Sponsored: Scientists: A “Salt” works better than top drug for diabetes The stunning report Thursday from… Read More

Report: Major new data breach threatens millions of Americans

Marriott says guests’ names, loyalty account information and other personal details may have been accessed in the second major data breach to hit the company in less than two years. GROSS Science Shows You’re Swallowing Plastic Bits (open now) [Sponsored] Marriott said Tuesday approximately 5.2 million guests worldwide may have… Read More

Investigators probe Dianne Feinstein’s coronavirus “cash grab”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and three other lawmakers — including Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C. — made headlines after dumping millions of dollars in stocks in February. The senators’ financial moves were controversial because they came after receiving a confidential briefing about the severity of the coronavirus pandemic. SHOCKING: Common Food… Read More

Nobel prize winner has good news on coronavirus…

There’s not much good news out there when it comes to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus infections. New York seems to be reaching its breaking point. New Orleans looks like it may be next. Sponsored: Does German “cancer diet” work? Michigan has a surge in cases. And Los… Read More

Coronavirus is causing a lottery meltdown

Hoping to escape all the coronavirus-caused economic uncertainty by winning a giant lottery jackpot? Think again. Those jackpots are going to shrink as the pandemic tamps down lottery sales. Russia has an EVEN darker secret than we thought [Sponsored] The group that oversees the Powerball game announced Wednesday night that… Read More

Senate passes massive $2.2 trillion relief bill

The Senate passed an unparalleled $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic. The unanimous vote Wednesday came despite misgivings on both sides about whether it goes too far or not far enough and capped days of difficult negotiations… Read More

Trump Checks: When do they officially arrive?

The White House and Senate leaders of both parties announced an agreement early Wednesday on an unprecedented $2 trillion emergency bill to rush sweeping aid to businesses, workers, and a health care system slammed by the coronavirus pandemic. The urgently needed measure is the largest economic rescue bill in history…. Read More

Stocks rally ahead of Trump economic jolt

Stocks are surging on Wall Street Tuesday and joined a worldwide rally as optimism rose, for one day at least, that government officials and central banks are unleashing enough aid to ease the economic pain caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Cooking video goes AWRY [Sponsored] The S&P 500 galloped more… Read More

Bill Gates to step down from Microsoft board

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Friday he is stepping down from the company’s board to focus on philanthropy. Gates was Microsoft’s CEO until 2000 and since then has gradually scaled back his involvement in the company he started with Paul Allen in 1975. Sponsored: Little Deadly Pill Killing Thousands   He… Read More

Seniors: Beware of these coronavirus scams, cops say

Scam artists are preying on older people’s fears by peddling fake tests for the coronavirus to Medicare recipients, a federal law enforcement agency warned on Monday. The Health and Human Services inspector general’s office said it’s seeing marketing schemes rapidly pivot to offering tests for COVID-19 and “Senior Care Packages”… Read More