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A man with "flu world order" written on his back walks in London on Tuesday, as the U.K. continues its lockdown. The U.K. is doubling the length of its worker furlough program, citing the need to help employees when the economy reopens.

U.K. Extends Coronavirus Furlough Payments To Workers Through End Of October

The U.K. program pays people idled by the COVID-19 pandemic up to around $3,088 a month. Some 7.5 million jobs have been furloughed.

Emergency personnel transport a patient into Elmhurst Hospital in New York City earlier this week. The number of new cases in the city has been decreasing, though New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said state officials recently received some eye-opening preliminary results to recent antibody testing.

Coronavirus Has Infected A 5th Of New York City, Testing Suggests

Gov. Andrew Cuomo also said Thursday that based on the preliminary results of antibody testing, officials estimate about 2.7 million people across the state — or nearly 14% — have been infected.

Women wearing face masks stand at a safe distance to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, as they wait for food assigned to their children outside a school in Xesuj, Guatemala, where many residents depend on remittances, largely from the U.S. The fallout from the pandemic is cutting into the financial lifelines for people across Latin America, Africa and Asia.

COVID-19 Is Cutting Into Vital Money U.S. Migrant Workers Send Back Home

A remittances expert estimates the money sent back to Latin America and the Caribbean could decline by 7%.

A worker leaves the the Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building in Milwaukee late last month. Gov. Tony Evers has suspended in-person voting in the state's primary, which was scheduled for Tuesday April 7.

Wisconsin Plans To Vote In Person Tuesday After Last Minute Chaos

Citing public health concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers had tried to postpone the election.

A sign instructs those entering the lobby of the Paul Reed Smith Guitars plant to be screened as the facility prepared to reopen last week in Stevensville, Md.

Maryland Reports Largest Rise Yet In Coronavirus Cases 4 Days After Reopening

Roughly 25% of the 7,152 tests in the most recent 24-hour period resulted in positive coronavirus diagnoses.

Report Says Faculty At Connecticut School Sexually Abused Students For Years

A law firm found sexual abuse by seven now-former staffers against 16 students — going back as far as 1969 and lasting until 1992.

Department of Medicaid Director Barbara Sears (upper left) discusses a study released last week about the effectiveness of Ohio's Medicaid expansion.

Ohio Medicaid Director Touts New Report During Cincinnati Visit

The director of Ohio's Medicaid Department, Barbara Sears, stopped in Cincinnati Tuesday to talk about a recently released study on the benefits of...

Kevin Anderson celebrates winning a point against John Isner during their long semifinal match Friday at Wimbledon.

Game, Set, Marathon: Anderson Wins Record-Shattering Wimbledon Semifinal

Kevin Anderson needed more than six and a half hours to beat his American opponent, John Isner. It was easily the longest match that late in a major tournament in men's tennis history.

A passerby stops to look over a street side memorial to the shooting victims of the Borderline Bar in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Tuesday. Investigators said the number of victims from the shooting at the country music bar could have been much higher based on the amount of ammunition the gunman carried.

Authorities Describe 'Confusion And Chaos' At Borderline Bar Shooting In California

The FBI says they've found no evidence of "radicalization" of the shooter, Ian David Long, at the mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, Calif., earlier this month.

If approved, the agreement would postpone the debate over money for President Trump's border wall until December, when a lame-duck Congress will be in place.

House And Senate Negotiators Strike Deal To Avoid Shutdown Threat

A bipartisan spending deal postpones a fight over money for a border wall before the election. The bill funds about 75 percent of the government, with a stopgap measure for the rest through Dec. 7.

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