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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., swung behind the bipartisan agreement, saying it “takes us a …

Senate Passes $2.2T Coronavirus Aid Plan, House Votes Friday

The Senate passed a mammoth $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented response amid record new jobless claims and mounting evidence that the economy is in a recession.

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MDCPS: Public Should Report Concerns of Child Neglect, Abuse to State Agency

Child welfare experts fear that children are now at a greater risk of being hurt or neglected because families, many facing additional stress over work and health issues, are living in isolation from mandated reporters.

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Clinton Chamber Serving as Local Admin for National ServiceIndustry.Tips Initiative

The Clinton Chamber of Commerce has joined the ranks of other community leaders at ServiceIndustry.Tips by serving as the local administrator for the Jackson Metropolitan Area in assisting service industry workers affected by the coronavirus outbreak.

"A fight has arrived on our shores," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. "We did …

Washington Agrees on Unrivaled $2 Trillion Virus Rescue Bill

The White House and Senate leaders announced agreement Wednesday on an unparalleled, $2 trillion emergency bill to rush aid to businesses, workers and a health care system slammed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Prince Charles, the 71-year-old heir to the British throne, is showing mild symptoms of the …

Spain's Coronavirus Deaths Leap; Prince Charles Now Infected

The coronavirus outbreak hit home Wednesday among the well-born and the desperately poor alike as Britain's Prince Charles tested positive and India's 1.3 billion people, or one-sixth of the Earth's population, found themselves under lockdown.

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First Signs of Disruption Appear in Housing; Markets 'Calm'

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed as it continues to spread across the world. Here is a look at some of the latest developments Wednesday related to the global economy.

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Dr. Yusef Salaam, who was wrongfully incarcerated in 1990 for a crime he did not …

Dr. Yusef Salaam of ‘Exonerated 5’: Jails, Prisons ‘Petri Dish’ for COVID-19

Living under unusual, high-pressure circumstances and without access to adequate health care or nutrition has forced the nation’s prisoners to cultivate a kind of secret knowledge that others on the outside might not possess.

A Holmes County man in his 60s is the second person to die from the …

UPDATE: Four Mississippi Men, One Woman Die from COVID-19 as State Cases Rise to 377

Men from Holmes, Webster and Wilkinson counties and a woman from Tunica county are the second, third, fourth and fifth person to die from the coronavirus in the state, the Mississippi State Department of Health announced today.