Articles by James Varney
NEW ORLEANS | Outside the Veterans Administration hospital here — by far the hardest hit by the coronavirus in the U.S. network of military care facilities — it's something of a ghost town.
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March 24, 2020
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Authorities in multiple states are seeking to close abortion clinics as part of the stoppage of non-essential medical procedures in the face of the coronavirus emergency.
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March 24, 2020
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Louisiana has joined New York, California and Illinois in issuing a statewide stay-at-home order to respond to the coronavirus outbreak.
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March 22, 2020
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The nation's biggest ports are wide open for business, despite rumors to the contrary, as they try to rev up after taking a hit from the trade war with China and then the coronavirus pandemic.
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March 21, 2020
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For Maddy Rowland, the pink slip came Thursday evening. But the coronavirus pandemic made it seem Friday as if most of the nation's 15.6 million restaurant workers had already received one or were expecting one.
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March 20, 2020
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Organized labor groups stepped up their criticism Friday of large restaurant chains, accusing them of lobbying against federal relief packages and demanding extensions to the government's safety net during the coronavirus crisis.
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March 20, 2020
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Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler's stock trades before the coronavirus cratered the U.S. stock markets have quickly complicated her re-election effort.
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March 20, 2020
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Americans are more worried about their finances than getting the coronavirus, as the pandemic hamstrings major sectors of the U.S. economy.
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March 19, 2020
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Without quick action, the Trump administration has warned the unemployment rate could hit 20%. That catastrophic figure would reverse what has been record employment during the Trump administration across all sectors of society, including the lowest African-American unemployment rate in U.S. history.
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March 18, 2020
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Stocking up on booze is a common theme on social media, particularly among those who believe brown liquor helps fight the virus. Photos of spray bottle tops attached to scotch and bourbon were ubiquitous on Twitter and Facebook posts, often accompanied by jokes about refusing to see the world end sober.
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March 17, 2020
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The coronavirus outbreak leaves America's sportsbooks scrambling after forcing the cancellation of the NCAA tournament as well as the suspension of the NBA, Major League Baseball, NHL, PGA and other sports leagues,
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March 16, 2020
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The Supreme Court's 2018 Janus decision was a landmark in labor law, but now the namesake in the case would like the justices to go further.
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March 15, 2020
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Though it was certain to come at some point, Joe Biden picked up a big endorsement Saturday when the country's largest union -- the National Education Association -- backed his presidential bid.
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March 15, 2020
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In his quest to regain a senate seat he once held, Jeff Sessions may have lost the endorsement he most coveted - the president's - but he is racking up stamps of approval from many players in the conservative establishment.
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March 13, 2020
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Florida's former Democratic gubernatorial candidate was involved in an incident at a Miami Beach hotel Friday that law enforcement says may have been drug-fueled.
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March 13, 2020
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Louisiana postponed its scheduled presidential primary by two months Friday in response to the ongoing coronavirus health crisis, officials said.
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March 13, 2020
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The raging oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia has highlighted the delicate balance between oil prices and energy sector profitability, and analysts think the industry has reached the tipping point at which some companies simply won't survive.
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March 12, 2020
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President Trump cemented his break with his one-time political ally Jeff Sessions, throwing his support behind Mr. Sessions' opponent in the Alabama Republican Senate runoff.
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March 11, 2020
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House Democrats on Tuesday told the new CEO of Wells Fargo that the bank has not paid enough penance for its massive fraud scheme, suggesting they would like to break up the company and influence its investment decisions.
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March 10, 2020
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House Democrats on Monday pushed the Education Department's internal watchdog to investigate whether the agency's loan-forgiveness formulas were shortchanging students possibly swindled at for-profit colleges.
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March 9, 2020
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