Paul Manafort Released From Prison Due To Virus Concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's onetime presidential campaign chairman who was convicted as part of the special counsel's Russia investigation, has been released fr...
US Wholesale Prices Drop Record 1.3% In April
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices slid a record 1.3% in April, led by a 19% plunge in the cost for energy.
The Labor Department said Wednesday that its producer price index, wh...
Powell Warns Of A Possible Sustained Recession From Pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is warning of the threat of a prolonged recession resulting from the viral outbreak and is urging Congress and the White House...
Basement-bound Biden Campaign Worries Some Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden has no foreseeable plans to resume in-person campaigning amid a pandemic that is testing whether a national presidential election can be won by a candid...
Despite Virus, Pompeo In Israel To Talk West Bank Annexation
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Wednesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Israel's plans to annex parts of the West Bank, as Israeli troo...
Facebook To Pay Moderators $52M For Psychological Damages
NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook has agreed to pay $52 million to its content moderators whose job has them viewing graphic and disturbing posts and videos on its platforms.
In a 2018 l...
Virus Consipracy-Theory Video Shows Challenges For Big Tech
CHICAGO (AP) — One by one, tech companies across Silicon Valley scrambled to take down a slickly produced video of a discredited researcher peddling a variety of conspiracy theorie...
Florida Synagogue Sanctions Members For Participating In COVID-19 Minyan
DEERFIELD BEACH (VINnews) — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to drag on, some communities are demonstrating that they will not stand for any violations of social distancing guide...
Supreme Court Appears Likely To Reject Trump Immunity Claim
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to reject President Donald Trump's claim that he is immune from criminal investigation while in office. But the court...
Pelosi Unveils $3T Virus Bill, Warns Inaction Costs More
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package Tuesday, a sweeping effort with $1 trillion for states and cities, “hazard pay...
Why Prospect Of Deflation Could Pose A Threat To US Economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The economic paralysis caused by the coronavirus led in April to the steepest month-to-month fall in U.S. consumer prices since the 2008 financial crisis — a 0.8%...
Counterfeit Masks Reaching Frontline Health Workers In US
WASHINGTON (AP) — On a day when COVID-19 cases soared, healthcare supplies were scarce and an anguished doctor warned he was being sent to war without bullets, a cargo plane landed...
Police Arrest Lakewood Rabbi Who Claimed COVID-19 Restrictions Are Unconstitutional
LAKEWOOD (VINnews) — A few days ago Rabbi Yisrael Knopfler of Lakewood, N.J. joined a lawsuit presented by a Catholic priest, Kevin Robinson of the St. Anthony church in North Cald...
Data: Virus-weary Americans Slowly Return To The Road
OAK PARK, Illinois (AP) — Americans are slowly getting back on the road after hunkering down due to the coronavirus, though the volume of traffic is still well below what it was be...
Cubicle Comeback? Pandemic Will Reshape Office Life For Good
LONDON (AP) — Office jobs are never going to be the same.
When workers around the world eventually return to their desks, they’ll find many changes due to the pandemic. For a st...
Virus Unleashes Wave Of Fraud In Us Amid Fear And Scarcity
WASHINGTON (AP) — A 39-year-old former investment manager in Georgia was already facing federal charges that he robbed hundreds of retirees of their savings through a Ponzi scheme ...
US Consumer Prices Drop 0.4% With Core Down Record Amount
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices fell 0.8% in April, the biggest drop since the 2008 financial crisis, with decreases led by a huge drop in gasoline prices and from businesse...
NBC News Apologizes For ‘Inaccurately’ Quoting William Barr
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC has apologized for “inaccurately” cutting a portion of an interview with Attorney General William Barr that left a false impression with viewers of “Meet the Pr...
Biden Campaign Reports Raising $60 Million With DNC In April
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden's presidential campaign said Monday that it and the Democratic National Committee jointly raised $60 million in April, a solid sum that may ease some De...
Jewish Group, Rabbis Decry Biden’s Call To Restore US Funding To Palestinians
WASHINGTON (JNS) — A prominent pro-Israel organization and a rabbinical group have criticized former vice president and presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee and former ...