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Several tech start-ups were among the companies that received loans under a program intended to blunt the economic damage from Covid-19, according to a list released Monday by the Trump Administration. Bird, Mixpanel, Grindr and Zendrive were on the list.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak is threatening swift, decisive action against rule-flouters. Casinos are cracking down internally, warning employees will be fired for failing to follow regulations.

Stocks rose sharply, led by strong gains in the tech sector, as Wall Street built on the momentum from last week's solid performance.

Over the past two weeks retail traffic declines have accelerated, according to data from ShopperTrak, as Covid-19 cases surge nationwide, with hot spots in states including Florida and Texas.

China's state media fed an exuberant stock market some extra fuel with a report that said look forward to a "healthy bull market."

Sharp gains in tech led the major averages higher to start the week.

Alphabet (Google) crossed over $1 trillion in market cap on Monday, joining Apple, Microsoft and Amazon, showing the resilience of the tech sector in the face of a global pandemic, recession, and record unemployment.

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If Congress decides not to extend the extra $600 a week in federal unemployment benefits past its July 31 end date, the "vast majority" of unemployed workers will be "harmed" without it, according to the House Ways and Means Committee.

States can require Electoral College voters to back the victor of their state's popular vote, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday, in a major dispute that could have an impact on November's presidential contest.

Harvard University is inviting some students to campus this fall but teaching all classes online and keeping tuition for the 2020-2021 academic year at $49,653.

Danny Altmann, professor of immunology at Imperial College London, said it was not a "safe bet" to rely on immunity to Covid-19 as a strategy for coping with the pandemic.

U.S. stocks jumped despite coronavirus cases surging across several U.S. states. Four Wall Street economists and strategists lay out what's next for the U.S. economy and stock market.

Bubba Wallace, the only Black full-time driver on the NASCAR circuit, has been an outspoken critic of Confederate symbols.

Charlie Daniels, who went from being an in-demand session musician to a staple of Southern rock with his hit "Devil Went Down to Georgia," has died at 83.

"Do one simple thing: Acknowledge to the American people that Covid exists. It is a major problem," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in challenging Trump.

"It's a bigger problem than we thought it would be at this point," former FDA chief Dr. Scott Gottlieb said Monday.

The Federal Reserve has a role to play in ending systemic racism, in the view of the central bank's first Black regional president

The number of people hospitalized with Covid-19 was growing by 5% or more in 23 states, based on a seven-day moving average, according to the Covid Tracking Project.

There are about 13 million people getting unemployment benefits through a program meant for previously ineligible groups of workers, and the share is rising.