A view shows branded oil tanks at Saudi Aramco oil

As US deaths mount, coronavirus takes outsized toll on minorities

People of colour account for about 52 percent of all the ‘excess deaths’ in the United States so far this year. As many as 215,000 more people than usual died in the United States during the first seven months of 2020, suggesting that the number of lives lost to the coronavirus is significantly higher than […]

U.S. employment report expected to show strength before coronavirus spread

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely slowed in February, but the pace probably remained consistent with a healthy labor market despite the coronavirus outbreak, which stoked financial market fears of a recession and prompted an emergency interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve. Though the Labor Department’s closely watched monthly employment […]

Judge Permits Biden’s Replacement Evictions Ban to Stay in Place for Now

But the judge said she doubted the Supreme Court would ultimately find it lawful. By Charlie Savage WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday permitted the Biden administration’s replacement evictions moratorium to continue, saying that she lacked authority to block such an emergency public-health policy even though she believed “the government is unlikely to prevail” […]