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Leading in pandemic becomes part of audition for Biden's VP

CHICAGO - California Sen. Kamala Harris is raising money for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden while speaking out about the disproportionate number of African Americans with COVID-...

Apr 16, 2020

US home construction collapsed 22.3% in March

U.S. home-building activity collapsed in March as the coronavirus spread, with housing starts tumbling 22.3% from a month ago. The Commerce Department said Thursday that ground breakings occurred last...

Apr 16, 2020

'Dreary summer' expected in California as virus dims plans

LOS ANGELES - In these dark times, clouded by fears of an enemy we can't see and sheltered in homes we're itching to leave, it's reassuring to know that California's sunsets over the Pacific are just ...

Apr 16, 2020

US unemployment applications are set to shoot up again

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government is poised Thursday to announce the latest alarming report on the layoffs that have been sweeping across the economy since the coronavirus outbreak struck hard last mon...

Apr 16, 2020

Coronavirus: Hold music, noise wreck court hearing by phone

ATLANTA - It was a court hearing gone awry in the time of the coronavirus: Legal arguments in a lawsuit over gun carry licenses were repeatedly interrupted by hold music, background noise and failures...

Apr 15, 2020

Report: Halladay on drugs, doing stunts when plane crashed

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Baseball Hall of Famer Roy Halladay had high-levels of amphetamines in his system and was doing extreme acrobatics when he lost control of his small plane and nosedived into Ta...

Apr 15, 2020

Trump looks to ease distancing in places; CEOs urge caution

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Wednesday he's prepared to announce new guidelines allowing some states to quickly ease up on social distancing even as business leaders told him they need mor...

Apr 15, 2020

Apple rolls out cheaper iPhone as pandemic curbs spending

NEW YORK - Apple is releasing a new iPhone that will be vastly cheaper than the models it rolled out last fall when the economy was booming and the pandemic had yet to force people to rethink their sp...

Apr 15, 2020

Fed notes what most Americans see: A sharp economic downturn

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve is noting what most Americans are already acutely aware of: Economic activity contracted sharply and abruptly cross all regions of the country in recent weeks as the c...

Apr 15, 2020

Rachael Ray tapes show from home, makes $4M virus donation

Rachael Ray had big plans for the quarantine break at her home in upstate New York. She envisioned "a Renaissance time," rereading the classics, resuming her Danish lessons and studying Italian. "I wa...

Apr 15, 2020