Fed slashes rates to near zero, announces $700B quantitative easing program
400tmax/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve announced on Sunday that it’s slashing interest rates again to help buoy the economy during the coronavirus outbreak. The plan to ease the economic downturn caused by the virus includes lowering interest
Coronavirus live updates: US death toll reaches 61, cases soar in Italy
iStock(NEW YORK) — There are at least 3,244 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in the United States and at least 61 coronavirus-related deaths in the country as of Sunday. COVID-19 has spread to 49 states as well
SpaceX aborts rocket launch after countdown
iStock(BREVARD COUNTY, Fla.) — Three, two, one, zero, grounded. A SpaceX rocket launch was aborted after countdown finished Sunday at Kennedy Space Center. Although some of the Falcon 9’s rockets had already ignited, a power issue triggered
Nike, Apple close US stores as retail chains weigh coronavirus options
iStock(NEW YORK) — The coronavirus outbreak has begun to affect big retail stores in the country, as two major companies announced this weekend they will close all of their U.S. storefronts for the rest of the month.
Storm hitting California with up to 6 feet of snow possible
iStock(LOS ANGELES) — A large and potent storm system on the West Coast is already bringing very heavy snow to the northern and central California Mountains in what looks to be the most significant storm so far
Migrant volunteers targeted on Greek islands as tensions, violence escalate
iStock(NEW YORK) — Earlier this month, Kostas Tanainis dropped off more than 100 sleeping bags, towels and blankets at the warehouse he started in 2015 to organize donations for refugees and migrants on the island of Chios,
$9.4 billion plastics facility to be built on slave burial grounds, report says
iStock(ST. JAMES PARISH, La.) — Community activists in St. James Parish, Louisiana, are demanding land permits for a $9.4 billion plastics facility be revoked after archaeologists may have discovered the project is scheduled to be built atop
10 ways life has changed since coronavirus struck
iStock(NEW YORK) — Two months ago, reports surfaced out of China that a cluster of pneumonia cases in the central city of Wuhan may be due to a new type of coronavirus. The World Health Organization said