[aggregation-styles] CNBC Unemployment for the lowest-paid workers in the U.S. is above 20%, a figure that Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said underscores the importance of policy help for the economy. The figure indicates how uneven the recovery has seen since efforts to control the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the...

[aggregation-styles] CBS News President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus economic relief package is expected to cost trillions, and on Tuesday, transition officials briefed Democratic congressional staff about his priorities for the massive stimulus bill, two people familiar with the plans told CBS News. Elements of the package considered by Mr. Biden to...

[aggregation-styles] The New York Times When a handful of new coronavirus cases materialized this month in a province surrounding Beijing — apparently spread at a village wedding party — the Chinese authorities bolted into action. They locked down two cities with more than 17 million people, Shijiazhuang and Xingtai. They...

[aggregation-styles] The Hill Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Wednesday that starting next week, lawmakers will face hefty fines if they refuse to go through newly installed metal detectors to enter the House chamber. Pelosi said that the House will adopt new rules when it returns to session Jan. 21 to...

[aggregation-styles] BuzzFeed News Andrew Yang, the entrepreneur who won a national following as a presidential candidate in 2020’s Democratic primary, will run for mayor of New York City, he officially announced Wednesday night. The race is already stacked with candidates, with a likely decisive Democratic primary in June 2021. But...

[aggregation-styles] Market Watch The New Year is normally a time to launch long-term financial goals, but millions of Americans are taking it one day at a time. More than one-third, 38%, of people say they’ll be in “survival mode” in 2021, according to Fidelity Investments’ annual New Year Financial Resolutions...

[aggregation-styles] Fox Business Midwestern Pet Foods expanded its recall of certain pet food products due to potentially fatal levels of aflatoxin after more than 70 dogs have died and 80 were sickened from consuming the product, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in an updated notice on Monday. The...

[aggregation-styles] East Bay Times A widespread FBI probe into the Hells Angels included a criminal investigation into the disappearance of a member of the outlaw biker gang’s Fresno chapter who went missing in February 2015, according to recently filed court records. On February 11, 2015, Robbie Lane Huff, then 34,...

[aggregation-styles] Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM — A leading Israeli human rights group has begun describing both Israel and its control of the Palestinian territories as a single “apartheid” regime, using an explosive term that the country’s leaders and their supporters vehemently reject. In a report released Tuesday, B’Tselem says that,...