coronavirus Nearly 3 million more unemployment claims in U.S. as COVID-19 job losses total 36 million Xeni Jardin

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Science We are all part of the biggest psychological experiment in history David Pescovitz

politics 'We're gonna lose over 100,000 perhaps,' Trump says of deaths, and 'Nobody blames me for that' on job losses Xeni Jardin

Business Nearly 27 million Americans lost their job-based health insurance in pandemic, study shows Xeni Jardin

Comic Books Talking Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics with Visionary Comic Book Creator Tom Scioli Jeffery Klaehn

Business Jobs report shows 20.5 million lost jobs in April and unemployment surged to 14.7% Xeni Jardin

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Business Vudu, Walmart's streaming service, to be bought by Comcast-owned Fandango Xeni Jardin

Business U.S. weekly jobless claims 5,245,000 last week Xeni Jardin

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Economy 6.6m joined unemployed line last week, more than expected Rob Beschizza

tabloids Worst Royal crisis ever spells the end of the monarchy, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics 6.6m Americans filed for unemployment last week Rob Beschizza

Sex Understanding the neuroscience of pleasure Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Prince Harry begs forgiveness, the Queen shops Prince Andrew to the Feds, and Kirstie Alley’s secret life, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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