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Critics of PG&E questioned whether a vote by fire survivors in favor of the utility's plan was tainted by conflicts of interest and shoddy counting.

Oregonians are among the jaw-dropping 10 million Americans who've already lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the economy suffered a net loss of jobs as the coronavirus began to take hold in the country. The unemployment rate shot up to 4.4%.

No age group was undercounted as much during the last once-a-decade census as children under 5, researchers say. Sesame Street is hoping to use Count von Count to change that. The Muppet best known as the Count is joining Elmo, Rosita and her mom, Rosa, in public service announcements filmed on the set of the … Continue reading Sesame Street’s Count Wants Youth to be Counted in 2020 Census →

Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for all bars, wineries, and nightclubs to close. He also urged seniors and people with chronic health conditions to isolate themselves at home to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

A Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls has become a hot spot of coronavirus cases. Workers think the company took too long to communicate and take action.

Andrea Johnson, 23, is a parent in Maryland who has a daughter home from Pre-K — at the same time she juggles her own college education and a full-time job.

Spending is still nowhere near last year's. But as more states and cities allowed restaurants and shopping centers to reopen, May saw a big swing from a historic collapse in March and April.

Crowds gathered in the northern New York village of Canton and other small New York towns on Saturday to protest racism and honor black lives lost to police brutality.

Overall, this season's vaccine is about 36 percent effective in blunting or preventing flu, health officials say. That's better than earlier predictions, and good enough to prevent flu in thousands.