By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Defying a wave of layoffs that has sent the U.S. job market into its worst catastrophe on record, at least one major industry is making a comeback: Tens of…
Pandemic planning becomes political weapon as deaths mount
By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first three years of his presidency, Donald Trump did not publicly utter the words “pandemic” or “preparedness.” Not in speeches, rallies or…
Historically black colleges work to help students amid virus
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ja’nayla Johnson worked hard in high school with the dream of being the first in her family to graduate from college, but she started to doubt…
Democrats push new $3T coronavirus relief bill through House
By ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats powered a massive $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill through the House on Friday, an election-year measure designed to brac…
Trump still confident in virus test despite false negatives
By JILL COLVIN, MATTHEW PERRONE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump expressed no concerns Friday about a rapid coronavirus test that the White House has been re…
Pandemic claims another retailer: 118-year-old J.C. Penney
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the storied but troubled department store chain J.C. Penney into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth…
US retail sales plunged a record 16% in April as virus hit
By JOSH BOAK and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. retail sales tumbled by a record 16.4% from March to April as business shutdowns caused by the coronavirus kept shopp…
Sailors on sidelined carrier get virus for second time
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Five sailors on the U.S. aircraft carrier sidelined in Guam due to a COVID-19 outbreak have tested positive for the virus for the second time and…
Truckers honk over shipping rates, not ‘in favor of’ Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the sound of truck horns just south of the White House is a “sign of love” for him from truckers. But the truckers are actually honking their opposition t…
Many struggling in horse racing hope return brings lifeline
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Instead of the Preakness running Saturday in Baltimore with perhaps another heralded Kentucky Derby winner looking to capture the second jewel of the Triple Crown, ho…