Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has suggested that if federal jobless benefits are extended, it will be in a different form than the flat $600 per week.
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Millions of Americans who lost jobs during the pandemic are in danger of having their incomes cut for a second time. The sudden halt in payments would be felt in households and throughout the economy.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has suggested that if federal jobless benefits are extended, it will be in a different form than the flat $600 per week.
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A robot introduces itself to patients in Kigali, Rwanda. The robots, used in Rwanda's treatment centers, can screen people for COVID-19 and deliver food and medication, among other tasks. The robots were donated by the United Nations Development Program and the Rwanda Ministry of ICT and Innovation.
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White Fragility is on display in June at the Frugal Bookstore in Boston. Columbia University John McWhorter says author Robin DiAngelo is well-intentioned but that the book ultimately is racist.
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A health care worker talks to a patient in the emergency room at OakBend Medical Center in Richmond, Texas, on July 15.
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When Mitt Romney (right) and his running mate Paul Ryan lost the 2012 presidential race to Barack Obama, it inspired the party to conduct an "autopsy" of what went wrong. Today, some Republicans question that report's value.
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Biomarin Pharmaceutical, a California company that makes what could become the first gene therapy for hemophilia, says its drug's price tag might be $3 million per patient.
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