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Lyft is laying off 982 employees and furloughing 288 others, the company announced in a regulatory filing.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he's reopening the state's parks, golf courses and county parks on Saturday, but visitors will still need to follow social distancing rules.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday is expected to host a roundtable at the White House with industry executives to discuss a plan to re-open the United States economy.

Multiple female politicians are throwing their support behind former Vice President and apparent Democratic nominee Joe Biden as he responds to a sexual assault allegation from 27 years ago.

The coronavirus is sending the U.S. economy into the biggest and fastest collapse since the Great Depression, with output reported shrinking at an alarming rate Wednesday and the number of Americans thrown out of work estimated at nearly 30 million.

Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, told reporters Monday it is "entirely plausible" that Covid-19 causes the inflammatory illness in children.

For everyday Americans with good credit, historically low interest rates on mortgages and credit cards can be a lifesaver. Riskier borrowers will have to look elsewhere for relief.

He said he has ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to submit a full plan by Thursday on how it intends to disinfect every train every night

This is Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee statement after the latest Fed meeting.

Apple released beta iPhone software on Wednesday that, in addition to providing new digital contact tracing software, makes it easier to unlock your iPhone without using Face ID and while wearing a mask.

A Harvard University study published last week said the U.S. would need to ramp up testing capacity to at least 5 million tests a day by early June to reopen the economy.

The Navy's top civilian is calling for another investigation into the events surrounding the coronavirus outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier.

Apple and Google's coronavirus tracking software is now available in beta. The final version is expected in May.

Fiesta Restaurant Group, parent company of Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana, announced in an SEC filing that it would be returning $15 million in small business rescue loans. The company did not say why it was returning the funds. The news comes in the wake of public outcry against publicly traded companies receiving the loans.

Boeing lost $641 million in the first quarter as the company faces a drop in demand because of the coronavirus.

U.S. government debt prices were flat on Wednesday morning after a dismal GDP number and positive data emerging from a Gilead coronavirus treatment.

De Blasio said the city aims to begin testing personnel next week at hospitals, firehouses, police stations and corrections facilities.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said a funeral for a Hasidic rabbi that drew thousands of mourners in Brooklyn "was absolutely unacceptable."

Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is holding a discussion on the coronavirus pandemic.