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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

US relief checks begin arriving as economic damage piles up

WASHINGTON - Government relief checks began arriving in Americans' bank accounts as the economic damage to the U.S. from the coronavirus piled up Wednesday and sluggish sales at reopened stores in Eur...

Apr 15, 2020

AP Source: Obama to endorse Biden in video on Tuesday

WASHINGTON - Former President Barack Obama plans to endorse Joe Biden in a video on Tuesday, giving the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a boost from the party's biggest fundraiser and one ...

Apr 14, 2020

Florida judge: Get out of bed, get dressed for Zoom hearings

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Florida judge has one request for attorneys showing up for court hearings via Zoom: Get out of bed and put on some clothes! Broward Circuit Judge Dennis Bailey made the plea ...

Apr 14, 2020

Singer Jon Bon Jovi asks kindergartners to 'Do What You Can'

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - A Florida kindergarten teacher took his virtual classroom to new levels on Monday when rock icon Jon Bon Jovi popped in on a writing lesson about life in the coronavirus qua...

Apr 14, 2020

Cuomo says Trump is not a king, can't force states to reopen

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo took to morning TV shows Tuesday to push back against President Donald Trump's claim of "total" authority to reopen the nation's virus-stalled economy, noting that a preside...

Apr 14, 2020

IMF: Stung by virus, global economy will shrink 3% in 2020

WASHINGTON - Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund says in its latest f...

Apr 14, 2020