Coronavirus live updates: Stimulus checks on the way; New York's outbreak may have come from Europe; US death toll nears 15,000
On the day some Americans could begin receiving stimulus checks from the federal government amid the coronavirus pandemic that has eroded the country’s financial footing, economists surveyed by Bloomberg predict the Labor Department will report another 5.5 million initial claims for unemployment insurance. A record 6.6 million people sought benefits for the report issued a week ago after 3.3 million claims, then a record, were reported the previous week. […]
