By SHARON COHEN and JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press Tyler Lyson watched his parents’ financial collapse in the Great Recession, a decade ago. He vowed he’d find the security they never had: He would g…
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With no leader, commission overseeing virus relief struggles
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven weeks after Congress unleashed more than $2 trillion to deal with the coronavirus crisis, an oversight commission intended to keep track of how…
Obama criticizes virus response in online graduation speech
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized U.S. leaders overseeing the nation’s response to the coronavirus, telling college graduates…
Trump’s emergency powers worry some senators, legal experts
By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The day he declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency, President Donald Trump made a cryptic offhand remark. “I have the right to do a lot …
Democrats investigating Trump firing of State Dept. watchdog
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats demanded on Saturday that the White House hand over all records related to President Donald Trump’s latest firing of a federal wat…
Powell: Recovery may begin by summer, will likely be slow
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed optimism Sunday that the U.S. economy can begin to recover from a devastating recession in th…
‘COVID toes,’ other rashes latest possible rare virus signs
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Skin doctors suddenly are looking at a lot of toes — whether by emailed picture or video visit — as concern grows that for some people, a sign of COVID-19 may pop…
Law enforcement ties, long delay complicate Arbery case
By KATE BRUMBACK and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — There was an abundance of evidence when officers arrived at the scene on a February afternoon in coastal Georgia: A man, apparently un…
Investigators open criminal probe into LA explosion
By STEFANIE DAZIO and FRANK BAKER ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police and fire investigators launched a criminal probe Sunday into the cause of an explosion at a hash oil manufacturer in downto…
US, European leaders weigh reopening risks without a vaccine
By ELANA SCHOR, MIKE STOBBE and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On a weekend when many pandemic-weary people emerged from weeks of lockdown, leaders in the U.S. and Europe weighed t…