A man pushes carts as a hiring sign shows at a Jewel Osco grocery store in Deerfield, Ill., Thursday, April 23, 2020. Friday, Dec. 4, monthly U.S. jobs report will help answer a key question hanging over the economy: Just how much damage is being caused by the resurgent coronavirus, the resulting restrictions on businesses and the reluctance of consumers to shop, travel and dine out? (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
United States

Gripped by surging pandemic, US employers cut back on hiring

This file image provided by U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service shows the website for HealthCare.gov. As COVID-19 spreads uncontrolled in many places, a coalition of states, health care groups and activists is striving to drum up “Obamacare” sign-ups among a growing number of Americans uninsured in perilous times. (U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service via AP)
United States

Coalition seizes on pandemic to boost ‘Obamacare’ sign-ups

In this October 14, 2020 file photo, the American Flag hangs outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Stock Market

Stocks give up early gains and end lower on Wall Street

This May 4, 2020, file photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, shows the first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. (Courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP)
United States

Pfizer: COVID-19 shot 95% effective, seeking clearance soon

From left, Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Harris, President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden on stage together, Saturday, November 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
Politics

Democrats keep winning the popular vote. That worries them.

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, November 10, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics

Progressives look to make early mark on Biden White House

In this Nov. 5, 2020, photo, Lehigh County workers count ballots as vote counting in the general election continues in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Election

Top officials: November 3 election most secure in US history

In this Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, Johnea Barlow casts her ballot at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, on Election Day in Louisville, Ky. The 2020 presidential election had all the makings of a looming disaster: fears of Russian meddling, violence at the polls, voter intimidation and poll workers fleeing their posts over the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
Election

States cite smooth election, despite Trump’s baseless claims

Photo: Elizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer, The Philadelphia Inquirer
United States

Headwinds (Vientos en contra) by Isaac Cohen (Opinion)

A pedestrian looks into a reopened restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. | Photo: Christopher Dilts / Bloomberg Finance LP
Entrepreneurs

National Small Business Leaders Release Five-Point Plan to Save the Small Business Sector

Residents wait to cast their absentee ballots during early voting, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Lewiston, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Election

Who is voting? Who is winning? Early vote only offers clues

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