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Apr. 03, 2020 03:40 AM EDT
FINANCIAL MARKETS Asian stocks tumble after Wall Street rises on pricier oil BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets tumbled...

A currency trader wearing a face mask works at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 3, 2020. Asian stocks were mixed Friday after Wall Street gained for the first time in three days on stronger oil prices despite enduring uncertainty about how long the global economic decline due to the coronavirus pandemic will last. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asian stocks tumble after Wall Street rises on pricier oil

By Joe Mcdonald Apr. 03, 2020 01:56 AM EDT

City workers fumigate a street to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, April 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Virus deaths, unemployment accelerating across Europe, US

By Michael R. Sisak, Lori Hinnant And Mark Sherman Apr. 03, 2020 01:41 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 18, 2020, file photo, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks in Rapid City, S.D. Noem on Thursday, April, 2, 2020, said she was activating the National Guard to set up temporary hospitals in Sioux Falls and Rapid City. (Jeff Easton/Rapid City Journal via AP, File)

South Dakota Gov. tasks National Guard to expand hospitals

By Stephen Groves Apr. 02, 2020 05:46 PM EDT

"For Sale By Owner" and "Closed Due to Virus" signs are displayed in the window of Images On Mack in Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., Thursday, April 2, 2020. The coronavirus outbreak has triggered a stunning collapse in the U.S. workforce with 10 million people losing their jobs in the past two weeks and economists warn unemployment could reach levels not seen since the Depression, as the economic damage from the crisis piles up around the world. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

You've just lost your job? Here's what you need to know

By Christopher Rugaber And Sarah Skidmore Sell Apr. 02, 2020 05:35 PM EDT

Record 311,000 file initial unemployment claims in Michigan

By David Eggert And Mike Householder Apr. 02, 2020 05:04 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Claims for unemployment benefits continued to skyrocket in Michigan last week during the coronavirus pandemic, when 311,000 people filed...

More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week,;

Record jobless claims but Dems, GOP divide over rescue bill

By Alan Fram And Andrew Taylor Apr. 02, 2020 04:49 PM EDT

A woman and child walk past North Salem High School on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, which like all schools in Oregon, is closed until April 28, 2020, because of the coronavirus. Facing an expected closure through the end of the academic year, schools across Oregon have been told to begin distance learning on April 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Oregon health officer: Spike in virus cases can be averted

By Andrew Selsky Apr. 02, 2020 04:38 PM EDT

An empty central plaza and shopping district is shown amid a public health order that has closed down most retail stores and suspended dine-in restaurant service in Santa Fe, N.M., Friday, March 27, 2020. New Mexico Cabinet Secretary for Tourism Jen Schroer says the state's tourism industry will continue to suffer amid COVID-19 restrictions and vowed the state will do what it can to help hotels, tourist spots, and businesses recover once restrictions are lifted. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico sees another huge spike in unemployment claims

By Russell Contreras And Morgan Lee Apr. 02, 2020 04:34 PM EDT

Unemployment claims in Alaska soar again amid virus concerns

By Becky Bohrer Apr. 02, 2020 04:31 PM EDT
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Government figures show Alaska unemployment claims have hit new heights amid business closures and cutbacks over coronavirus concerns. ...

A sign on the 600 North overpass of northbound on I-15 says "We Will Overcome This Together" in Salt lake City, Tuesday March 31, 2020. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Ballooning jobless claims flood Utah system in COVID crisis

By Lindsay Whitehurst Apr. 02, 2020 03:21 PM EDT

Jobless claims accelerate rapidly in Virginia due to virus

By Matthew Barakat Apr. 02, 2020 03:17 PM EDT
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Nearly 115,000 Virginians filed for unemployment benefits last week, more than doubling the already unprecedented figures from the...

Idaho economy sheds jobs at record rate due to coronavirus

By Keith Ridler Apr. 02, 2020 03:11 PM EDT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Nearly 33,000 Idaho residents filed for unemployment benefits last week as the Idaho economy continues shedding jobs at a record rate...

A man works to complete the infrastructure at the field medical station set up at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, N.J., Thursday, April 2, 2020. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy toured the medical station that is expected to open early next week. It is slated to field non-coronavirus cases. It's one of four such facilities that are supposed to open in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New Jersey's COVID-19 death rate spikes, totaling 537

Apr. 02, 2020 03:00 PM EDT

In this photo taken from video provided by the New York Stock Exchange, Robert Glorioso, Chief, Building Engineering Operations, rings the opening bell at the NYSE, Thursday, April 2, 2020. Stocks are wavering between small gains and losses early Thursday after a report showed a record number of Americans lost their jobs last week due to the coronavirus outbreak. (New York Stock Exchange via AP)

Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street rises on pricier oil

By Joe Mcdonald Apr. 02, 2020 02:43 PM EDT

Anna and Johnny Hassouneh take a selfie at the waterfall, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Ohio extends stay-at-home order; logs record jobless claims

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Apr. 02, 2020 02:36 PM EDT

In this March 30, 2020 photo, a sign saying that the Jobs Center at the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development office in midtown Anchorage, Alaska, is closed through the end of April is shown. About half of all working Americans say they or a member of their household have lost some kind of income due to the coronavirus pandemic, with low-income Americans and those without college degrees especially likely to have lost a job. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

By The Associated Press Apr. 02, 2020 02:32 PM EDT

Colorado's virus-related jobless claims continue their surge

By James Anderson Apr. 02, 2020 02:30 PM EDT
Colorado unemployment claims triggered by coronavirus-related job losses continue their surge, with last week’s initial claims roughly eight times the highest...