Coronavirus

Nearly three dozen small businesses in Massachusetts are receiving a $15,000 grant as part of Citizens Bank’s Small Business Recovery program. The grants are beingRead More

More than 70,000 people filed for unemployment in Massachusetts last week as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the economy. In the week endingRead More

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. economy slid further into a crisis thatRead More

Comcast’s net income slid in the first three months of the year as the coronavirus pandemic forced it to shut down its theme parks andRead More

PARIS (AP) — The world’s economic pain was on full display Thursday with new bleak evidence from Europe and the United States of the mountingRead More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it will keep its key short-term interest rate near zero for the foreseeable future as partRead More

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The city of Los Angeles will offer free coronavirus testing to all residents regardless of whether they have symptoms, Mayor EricRead More

(CNN) — Police in New Zealand have been required to enforce crowd control measures at a popular fast food outlet after large numbers of people rushed toRead More

(CNN) — The Empire State Building shined bright blue Wednesday night to honor a new group of heroes. Beginning at 7:51 p.m. ET, New York’sRead More

A jogger told police that a man walking with two young children pulled a knife on him last week in Cambridge while claiming he wasRead More