The majority of eligible Americans will receive their coronavirus aid payments no later than April 15, Fox News has learned. A senior Treasury official told Fox News on Friday that by the middle of next week, tens of millions of eligible Americans will have money from the federal government directly deposited into their bank accounts. […]
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African Americans More Extremely Effected By Coronavirus
In Chicago, a recent report found that 70 percent of people who died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, are black — even though the city’s population is just 30 percent black. In Milwaukee County, which is 27 percent black, the figure is 81 percent. And public health officials tracking the coronavirus have […]
Calculate How Much Your Stimulus Check Will Be
The House of representatives on Friday passed the largest aid measure in American history, a $2 trillion stimulus package that President Donald Trump signed into law. Direct payments will be made to Americans to help offset financial hardships incurred during the coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus outbreak has quickly evolved from a health crisis to a […]
Stocks Fall For 7th Straight Day
Wall Street just suffered its worst week since the financial crisis, with all three major indices entering correction and the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing a staggering 3,500 points in just five days. The massive sell-off was fueled by rising uncertainty about the coronavirus epidemic, and comes as multinational companies abandoned or downgraded their forecasts […]
Dow Jones Crashes 1200 Points Due To Coronavirus
Wall Street suffered brutal losses on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average swinging wildly through more than 1,000 points before closing with a loss of 1,190 points. It marks the worst week for the blue-chip index since the financial crisis. The Dow has now lost 3,200 points this week, or 10 percent, including a […]
CDC Says “Americans Should Prepare For Coronavirus”
Top U.S. public health officials said Tuesday that Americans should prepare for the spread of the coronavirus in communities across the country. “It’s not so much a question of if this will happen any more, but rather more a question of exactly when this will happen and how many people in this country will have […]
Wells Fargo Fined $3 Billion For Fake Account Scandal
Wells Fargo, the nation’s fourth-largest bank, agreed Friday to pay a $3 billion fine to settle a civil lawsuit and resolve a criminal prosecution filed by the Justice Department over its fake account scandal. Under pressure to meet sales quotas, bank employees opened millions of savings and checking accounts in the names of actual customers, […]
Dow Rises 250 Points To Record High
Stocks rose on Wednesday as investors shook off concerns over how the coronavirus would impact corporate profits and the global economy. (Click here to get the latest news on the market). The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 263 points higher, or 0.9%, and hit a record. The S&P 500 advanced 0.6% to an all-time high […]
Denver Reverses 30 Year Old Pit Bull Ban
After 30 years, pit bulls will soon be allowed to walk the streets of Denver. The Denver City Council on Monday voted to amend a code that banned pit bulls entirely from the Colorado capital. The amendment passed 7-4 and will take effect 90 days after Mayor Michael Hancock signs it into law. To own […]
23 Americans Diagnosed With Coronavirus On Cruise Ship
23 Americans aboard cruise ship in Japan contact coronavirus U.S. citizen Rebecca Frasure has been in the isolation ward of a Tokyo hospital since Friday. Frasure and her husband were supposed to be enjoying themselves on a cruise around Asia but she’s now among the 135 people aboard the Diamond Princess who have tested positive […]
Coronavirus Death Toll Tops SARS With 812 Deaths And Counting
The death toll from the coronavirus surpassed the number of people who were killed by the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak, Chinese health officials said. As of Sunday, 812 people died in China after contracting the virus, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), and there are a total of 37,251 confirmed cases in the country. There […]
Dow Jones Drops 400 Points Due To Coronavirus Fears
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 400 points as trading began on Monday, as uncertainty over the spread of the coronavirus has rattled global markets. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq also took a tumble Monday morning, after authorities over the weekend announced a fifth case of the virus in the U.S. and […]