In this Jan. 27, 2020 file photo a worker pushes a cart past refrigerators at a Home Depot store location in Boston. On Thursday, June 25, orders to American factories for big-ticket goods rebounded last month from a disastrous May as the U.S. economy began to slowly reopen. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Money

Orders for big-ticket US manufactured goods jumped 11.2%

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2020 file photo, shoppers walk through the Valley Mall in Halfway, Md. U.S. consumer confidence fell for second straight month in August as a resurgence of virus cases in many parts of the country heightened pessimism about the economy. (Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP, File)
Money

US consumer spending rose a moderate 1.9% in July

FILE - In this April 30, 2020 file photo, a man writes information in front of Illinois Department of Employment Security in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
United States

Paradox of a pandemic: Many in US shoring up finances amid downturn

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United States

Working from home raises questions about U.S. inequality: Fed panel

President Trump participates in a roundtable about Senior Citizens in the Cabinet Room of the White House on June 15. (Doug Mills/Pool/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Politics

Donald Trump delivered on some big 2016 promises, but others unmet

FILE - In this July 15, 2020, file photo, One-stop operator Vickie Gregorio with the Heartland Workforce Solutions talks to a jobseeker outside the workforce office in Omaha, Neb., as others seeking employment wait behind her. On Thursday, Aug. 20, the government reported that the number of workers applying for unemployment climbed back over 1 million last week after two weeks of declines. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Money

Rise in jobless claims reflects still-struggling US economy

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics

Joe Biden says he’d shut down economy if scientists recommended

Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), center, sings the Alpha Kappa Alpha hymn at the sorority’s annual “Pink Ice Gala” on Jan. 25 in Columbia, S.C. (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg News)
Election

Kamala Harris’ dual identities challenge America’s race labels

FILE - In this July 29, 2020, file photo, custodian Doug Blackmer cleans a desk in a classroom at the Jesse Franklin Taylor Education Center in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Education

When is it safe to open schools? States have varying answers

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Destinations

Expedia® 2020 Summer Travel Report Reveals Same-State Stays, Road Trips and Flexibility Pave the Way to Recovery

Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Photo: State of Michigan.
Construction

Michigan plans dedicated road lanes for autonomous vehicles

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