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U.S. employers shed a record number of jobs in April, as the unemployment rate climbed to the highest since the Great Depression. The coronavirus crisis has locked down much of the economy.

Some Texas cities are taking additional steps to protect renters and delay evictions, but many Texans remain vulnerable. A Houston rental assistance program ran out of funding in just 90 minutes.

S&P 500 index funds were supposed to protect investors, by putting their money in a broad array of different stocks — but much of the recent gains have come from a few Big Tech stocks.

Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods says that "effective immediately, any individual walking in to any one of our lobbies ... wearing a mask will be asked to remove it."

In Wisconsin Dells, tourism is normally a billion dollar business for the town. But this year, because of the pandemic, visitors are scarce, workers are scared and some attractions are shut down.

Oregon was founded on white supremacist principles. But it also has a long history of anti-racist protests, says Lisa Bates, who teaches urban studies at Portland State University.

Host Ari Shapiro talks with Linda Diaz, the winner of this year's NPR Music Tiny Desk Contest. Her entry, "Green Tea Ice Cream" is a dreamy R&B song anchored by her skilled and soulful voice.

From correctional officers to TSA employees, federal workers say their jobs are made more dangerous by the coronavirus.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with professor Ken Goldstein about what the cancellation of the Big Ten football season could mean for campaign advertising.

Gaston County commissioners voted 6-1 Monday night to move a Confederate monument that has stood in front of the courthouse since 1912.The vote to give…

Updated at 4:18 p.m. Effective Wednesday, UNC Chapel Hill will move all undergraduate classes to remote learning.

Desks at least six feet apart, kids arriving at different times, eating lunch in the classrooms — the CDC has updated guidelines for re-opening public places, including schools.

Indivar Dutta-Gupta, a co-executive director at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, explains the U.S. unemployment insurance system's origins and role today.

Black voters launched Joe Biden to victory across the South, Latinos were decisive in Sanders' California win and Asian American voters could prove key in the general election.

Nearly 41% of jobs in the state's food and accommodation industry have been lost. The overall levels are comparable to the Great Depression, says David Schmidt, a state economist.

President Trump said in an interview Thursday that he will have to be careful about holding the Republican National Convention in Charlotte because the…

Mecklenburg County commissioners informally approved a budget Wednesday that holds the property tax rate steady. It gives Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools a…

The legislation restores some lapsed investigative authorities and adds what advocates call new safeguards against abuse. But it must go back to the House and thence to President Trump.

Some people worry reopening beaches may lead to more COVID-19 cases, but Mayor Richard Montgomery says the coastline is large enough to facilitate safe social distancing.

Coal miners are among other essential workers who are on the job during the COVID-19 pandemic. Advocates say more needs to be done to protect the miners.