STONEHAM (CBS) – A heartfelt mural calling for justice for George Floyd was defaced by spray paint in Stoneham. The artist behind the original image, Esben Rey, told WBZ-TV he was inspired by the country coming together to honor Floyd’s life. “Essentially I painted it because the times – it just broke my heart to …
The D.C. National Guard confirmed Tuesday that multiple members have tested positive for coronavirus following their deployment to respond to protests around the White House in response to the police killing of George Floyd. A spokeswoman for the Guard told McClatchy that more than one positive case had been confirmed among Guard members, though she …
Layoffs in the United States fell in April, but remained the second highest on record, while job openings dropped, suggesting the labor market could take years to recover from the COVID-19 crisis despite a surprise rebound in employment in May. Layoffs in the United States fell in April, but remained the second highest on record, …
Major U.S. stock benchmarks finished Monday above, or near, their prior all-time closing highs, as lockdown measures eased in New York City and elsewhere, sparking optimism about the potential for economy recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average US:DJIA climbed 461.46 points, or 1.7%, to end at 27,572.44, its sixth straight gain. The S&P 500 US:SPX …
The stock market finished nearly 2% higher on Friday, despite one of the worst monthly jobs reports in history, as investors continued to look toward a reopening of the economy and bet that the worst of the economic impact from coronavirus has passed. The market moved higher, despite over 20 million job losses in April. …
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AFter we raised holy hell on Friday the BLS in the night Saturday they admitted that the unemployment rate is edging up to 20%. Even higher then the great depression When the U.S. government’s official jobs report for May came out on Friday, it included a note at the bottom saying there had been a …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Tensions between the White House and Pentagon have stretched to near a breaking point over President Donald Trump’s threat to use military force against street protests triggered by George Floyd’s death. Friction in this relationship, historically, is not unusual. But in recent days, and for the second time in Trump’s term, it …
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‘Slide to illiberalism’: ex-general joins chorus of condemnation of Trump John Allen warns that politicisation of the military could be the beginning of the end of ‘the American experiment’ The retired marine general who led the global coalition against Isis and commanded US forces in Afghanistan has warned that Donald Trump’s actions this week could …
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The coronavirus pandemic killed 749 people in the United States in the past 24 hours, according to figures released Saturday by Johns Hopkins University. The latest deaths bring the total in the United States to 109,791, and there have been more than 1.9 million cases, according to a real-time tally maintained by the Baltimore-based university …
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies OPEC+ agreed on Saturday to extend current oil production cuts by one month, until the end of July. During the meeting, OPEC and OPEC+ members agreed to extend unit July a record production cuts of 9.7 million barrels per day, which were agreed in …
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