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Defense Secretary Mark Esper's opposition to using the Insurrection Act to have military forces deal with George Floyd protests has angered President Donald Trump, Bloomberg News reported.

Rather than deliver end-to-end call encryption for every user, Zoom plans to provide that protection for certain paying customers.

"It's not in the virus' interest to do too much damage to the host," said Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO's emergencies program. "It wants to survive."

Irene Triplett received a pension of $73.13 a month from the Department of Veterans Affairs for her father's service, which began more than 155 years ago.

President Donald Trump denied that he took refuge in an underground White House bunker during intense protests outside the building over George Floyd's death.

SpaceX launched astronauts to space for first time on Saturday, heralded by NASA leaders as beginning a new chapter in human spaceflight.

Pilgrim's Pride CEO Jayson Penn is among four current and former chicken industry executives indicted for price fixing.

"We simply cannot promote accounts in America that are linked to people who incite racial violence, whether they do so on or off our platform," CEO Evan Spiegel said in a memo.

Facebook is rolling out a new "Activity Log" that lets you bulk delete old posts, likes and comments on other people's pages. Here's how to use it.

Joe Biden has surged past President Donald Trump in online betting markets tied to the outcome of the 2020 presidential race as the country continues to grapple with a deepening financial crisis, spreading pandemic and historic protests over police brutality.

King, known for his racist remarks, was voted out of Congress and the field was set in two key 2020 Senate races in Tuesday's primaries.

In an extraordinary resignation letter, provided to The Washington Post, a Pentagon official resigned citing Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's role in President Donald Trump's photo op.

American Eagle Outfitters thinks it is the best retailer in the mall.

Ninety-nine percent of loan forgiveness applications under a congressionally mandated program were rejected between May 2018 and May 2019.

Nationwide tensions appeared to ease, as thousands of demonstrators launched peaceful protests across the U.S. over the death of George Floyd while being subdued by police.

"I'm looking at the summer as if we do a good job then we can have a good fall and the fall is more essential in my mind," said Dr. Preeti Malani, chief health officer and infectious disease specialist at the University of Michigan.

U.S. government debt prices were lower Wednesday morning as optimism over the reopening of economies following coronavirus-induced shutdowns boosted risk appetite for investors.

Campbell Soup said Wednesday that its fiscal third-quarter soup sales soared 35%.

Amid the coronavirus crisis, women have disproportionately cut back on job hours to care for their children, which could cause the gender wage gap to grow.

Softbank announced a $100 million Opportunity Fund that will invest only in companies led by people of color. It's one of the first large funds created in response to nationwide protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man.