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Liz Weston: How to Raid Your Retirement Funds in A Crisis

By Liz Weston, NerdWallet | Apr 18, 2020

In an ideal world, your retirement accounts would be left alone for retirement. You've probably noticed that we're not living in an ideal world.

Shuttered By the Coronavirus, Many Gay Bars — Already Struggling — Are Now on Life Support

Apr 18, 2020

Gay bars have been shuttered by public-place closure orders during the coronavirus pandemic - but they were already closing their doors before the virus hit.

Relief Checks Are A Lifeline for Some, A Cushion for Others

By Sarah Skidmore Sell | Apr 18, 2020

For some, coronavirus relief checks payment get them to a more comfortable place financially; for others, the money just gets them to next month.

AP Fact Check: Trump Twists U.S.-China Coronavirus Deaths

By Calvin Woodward | Apr 18, 2020

President Donald Trump is asserting that deaths from COVID-19 are much higher in China than in the U.S., when the opposite is true.

No Plan in Sight: Test Troubles Cloud Trump Recovery Effort

By Matthew Perrone and Michelle R. Smith | Apr 18, 2020

More than a month after President Trump declared, "Anybody who wants a test, can get a test," the reality has been much different.

Analysis: With New Virus Plan, Trump Passes Buck to States

By Aamer Madhani | Apr 18, 2020

President Donald Trump's guidelines for states to reopen their economies had the hallmarks of a permission structure. But what he really created was a blame structure.

Layoffs and Pay Cuts Are Now Striking More White Collar Jobs

By Christopher Rugaber | Apr 18, 2020

White collar employees, ranging from software programmers and legal assistants to sales associates and some health care workers, are now absorbing layoffs or salary cuts.

Brazil's Bolsonaro Takes Risk with New Minister for Pandemic

By David Biller and Mauricio Savarese | Apr 18, 2020

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro made it clear on Friday that he wants his new health minister to help protect the country's economy as the government seeks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.

Hope Takes the Reins on Wall Street, Stocks Rally Worldwide

By Stan Choe, Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga | Apr 18, 2020

In Wall Street's tug of war between hope and pessimism about the coronavirus pandemic, hope is fighting back.

'LIBERATE!': Trump Pushes States to Lift Virus Restrictions

By Zeke Miller and Matt Sedensky | Apr 18, 2020

President Donald Trump urged supporters to "LIBERATE" three states led by Democratic governors Friday, apparently encouraging protests against stay-at-home mandates aimed at stopping the coronavirus.

Reinstate? Reassign? Navy to Decide Fate of Fired Captain

By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns | Apr 18, 2020

The Navy's top admiral will soon decide the fate of the ship captain who was fired after pleading for commanders to move faster to safeguard his coronavirus-infected crew.

B.A.R., Other LGBT Media, Fundraise to Stay Afloat

By John Ferrannini | Apr 17, 2020

As the economy reels from the effects of the novel coronavirus outbreak, LGBT news organizations aren't just covering other companies facing closure — they are trying to stay in business themselves.

Here's What to Know About Your Relief Check from the Gov't

By Sarah Skidmore Sell | Apr 17, 2020

Americans are beginning to see the first economic impact payments hit their bank accounts. Here is what you should expect.

A Gusher of Cash for Stock Investors is Getting Capped

By Stan Choe | Apr 17, 2020

A fire hose of cash that's rained trillions of dollars on to those fortunate enough to own stocks is suddenly being choked off.

Virus Pandemic Collides with Trump's Disdain for Foreign Aid

By Matthew Lee | Apr 17, 2020

President Donald Trump's well-known disdain for foreign aid is colliding with the imperatives of fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

Oil and Gas Giant Shell Targets 'Net Zero' Emissions by 2050

Apr 17, 2020

Energy company Royal Dutch Shell told investors Thursday that it aims to stop adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere by 2050.

Hit by the Virus and Weighing A Raid on Your 401(k)? Beware

By Sarah Skidmore Sell | Apr 17, 2020

A recent federal relief package makes it easier for people financially harmed by the coronavirus outbreak to tap into their retirement savings. But should they use them?

New Pressure on Lawmakers As Virus Aid for Firms Hits Limit

By Andrew Taylor | Apr 17, 2020

Lawmakers are struggling to break a stalemate over President Donald Trump's $250 billion emergency request for a small-business program, stoking uncertainty about when additional support will be available.

China Says No Plans to Limit Export of Anti-Virus Supplies

Apr 17, 2020

China won't restrict exports of medical goods needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic, a government spokesman said Thursday, amid global tension over scarce masks and ventilators.

News Briefs: Cannabis Firm Releases Peron Video Trailer in Time for 4/20

By Cynthia Laird | Apr 17, 2020

In honor of what would have been gay marijuana activist Dennis Peron's 75th birthday, a cannabis firm has released a trailer of a new video about him.

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