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 | | | Jobless in America | | Jobless claims soar past 3 million. A 2-month-old tests positive for COVID-19. It's Thursday's news. | | |
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| New York had its deadliest day yet in the coronavirus outbreak. Jobless claims smashed a record. And those $1,200 stimulus checks are inching closer to your mailbox. |
| It's Ashley, and I'm BACK from being under the weather with who-knows-what. Based on my symptoms (I still can't taste anything), it could have been the virus-that-must-not-be-named. But COVID-19 tests are limited, and I was well enough not to need one, so I may never know. |
| Here's what's important: I am treating my sickness like I had coronavirus by staying home and isolating myself from others. Why? Because not everyone can bounce back from this thing in a week, and staying isolated can save lives. We're all in this together, Short List friends. |
| The good news: You can't catch it through a newsletter, so you're all safe to proceed to today's top stories. Let's get to it. |
| But first, we're all destined to be photobombed: If there's one person any parent working from home can relate to, it's the BBC dad who was hilariously interrupted by his bouncy children in a viral interview back in 2017. Here's his work-from-home-during-pandemic advice. |
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Jobless claims surge to record 3.3 million amid coronavirus pandemic |
| Layoffs are skyrocketing. A record 3.3 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week after a wave of layoffs from the coronavirus pandemic, the Labor Department said Thursday, offering the most vivid evidence yet of the outbreak's widespread damage to the economy. The total was well above the 1.5 million claims economists forecast. The pandemic has set off the most abrupt near-shutdown of the economy in history. |
| The checks are coming |
| One-time payments of up to $1,200 should start going out in the next three weeks to most Americans who file individual tax returns, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says. The payments are part of a $2 trillion stimulus bill to help Americans – and the economy – bounce back from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate is likely to approve it Friday. |
| How much money should you expect? It depends on how much you've earned. |
| Death toll on rise in New York |
| One hundred people in New York state died Wednesday from the coronavirus, the state's single deadliest day since the virus first hit. New York remains the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak with 37,258 confirmed cases – almost half of the national total as of Thursday afternoon. |
| What do you think about Trump coronavirus response? |
| Americans are divided on President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus outbreak, according to polls. A Reuters/Ipsos online survey of more than 4,000 Americans found 49% approve of Trump's handling of the COVID-19 crisis, while 44% disapprove. Those results largely fall along party lines. |
| An infant tested positive for coronavirus |
| A 2-month-old who tested positive for COVID-19 in Nashville could be the youngest pandemic patient in the nation. Health officials said the infant has mild symptoms and is "doing well" at home. Children appear to be at lower risk for the harshest effects of COVID-19 than adults, according to the CDC, but they are not immune to the disease. |
| Give it to me straight |
| More than 1,100 people have died from coronavirus in the USA as confirmed cases topped 80,000. The global death toll was more than 23,600 Thursday afternoon, and total confirmed cases passed 500,000, according to Johns Hopkins. |
| We're in this together |
| Once upon a time, coronavirus tried to ruin story hour for a grandmother and grandson in Texas who share a love of books. They've found a way to make it work. 👇❤️ |
 | | Marilyn Maitland, 72, reads to her 4-year-old grandson, Theo. When coronavirus infiltrated Austin, Texas, they had to read to each other from opposite sides of the door. | | Sarah Wilson | |
What everyone's talking about |
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US charges Venezuela's president with drug trafficking |
| Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was charged with federal drug trafficking crimes as part of a far-reaching U.S. investigation . Maduro's government, authorities said, "betrayed the Venezuelan people to line their pockets with drug money." Attorney General William Barr announced the extraordinary action Thursday, saying charges were filed against more than a dozen other Venezuelan officials, including the country's chief judge and the minister of defense. The years-long investigation revealed a government immersed in "corruption at the highest levels." |
 | | Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government is accused of "corruption at the highest levels." | | Matias Delacroix, AP | |
Aunt Becky wants out of this college admissions mess |
| Attorneys for actress Lori Loughlin and other parents asked a judge to throw out the government's case against them in the college admissions scandal, arguing "extraordinary misconduct." In a filing Wednesday, lawyers said notes from Rick Singer, the mastermind of the scheme, prove their clients' innocence – that parents thought they were making legitimate donations to college programs, not bribing college officials, to get their kiddos admitted into elite colleges. The lawyers said the government "knowingly withheld" the evidence, which was not turned over until last month. |
 | | Lori Loughlin, right, is fighting charges that she bribed college officials to gain admittance for her daughter Olivia Jade Giannulli. | | Chris Pizzello, Invision/AP | |
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You'll always be Hollywood royalty to me, Duchess Meghan |
| Duchess Meghan is heading back to Hollywood. Days after she and Prince Harry are scheduled to officially step back as senior members of the royal family, the former actress's voice will appear as the narrator on the Disneynature film "Elephant," marking her big-time return to Hollywood. "Elephant" follows a mother-son African elephant duo "as their herd make an epic journey hundreds of miles across the vast Kalahari Desert," according to a news release. The feature-length film will premiere April 3 on Disney Plus, just in time for more self-isolation content. |
 | | Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan attend the Mountbatten Music Festival at Royal Albert Hall on March 7 in London. | | Simon Dawson, WPA Pool, Getty Images | |
A break from the news |
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Employee of the day 🐾 |
| Now that many of us are working from home, you may have found yourself with a purr-fect new colleague: YOUR PETS! Send me their picture at ashley@usatoday.com. |
| This is Milo of New York. As you can see, he's not unhappy with having his humans work from home during the coronavirus pandemic. 👇 |
 | | Lap dog? Laptop dog? For Milo, these are the same thing. | | Kelly West | |
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