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As the United States continues to face record unemployment due to the coronavirus pandemic, a "historically high" rate of 30% of Americans missed their housing payments in June.

The Nebraska Democratic Party called on its U.S. Senate nominee to drop out of the race Tuesday after he made sexually repugnant comments about a campaign staffer in a group text with her and other staffers.

General Motors will hold moments of silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds at its plants Friday, Juneteenth, as a sign of solidarity and support for the Black community, according to an internal note.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill on Tuesday to reform aircraft certification following two fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes.

It was the third straight gain for the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq COmposite.

Eldorado and Caesars have released documents estimating the financial performance of their regional casino properties since reopening. Because of aggressive cost-management, they have been able to improve margins by 1,000-1,200 basis points, year over year — improving EBITDA in spite of flat or lagging revenues, compared to the same period year over year. It's an ongoing theme for the casino industry — taking out big costs, and keeping unprofitable parts of the business closed.

The order comes as Congress pursues police reform legislation in the wake of George Floyd's death in police custody.

A former Peace Corps math teacher, Hastings has become one of the nation's largest donors to the education reform system. His latest venture, named the Retreat Land at Lone Rock, is expected to operate as a training ground for public school teachers, according to Recode.

The number of people sickened with Covid-19 across Texas' hospitals continues to rise, with coronavirus hospitalizations now up more than 66% since Memorial Day as the state continues to reopen.

A beauty brand with a cultlike following, Beautycounter is moving in to the makeup retail giant Sephora — in a bid to bring its clean mission to the masses. The company has garnered a spot on CNBC's 2020 Disruptor 50 list, released Tuesday.

The two sites, ZeroHedge and The Federalist, will no longer be able to generate revenue from any advertisements served by Google Ads, NBC News reported.

"It's really a true truck like Americans are used to," Nikola executive chairman Trevor Milton said of the company's Badger pickup.

Pacific Gas & Electric has confessed to killing 84 people in a devastating 2018 wildfire that wiped out the Northern California town of Paradise in November 2018.

Many companies are second-guessing their own policies when it comes to diversity and inclusion. Investors who want to invest in companies that make this a priority have an index they can utilize.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a plan Tuesday for the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament to play as scheduled, but it will not include fans in the stands.

The Fed chairman repeated warnings about the economy during the first day of his semiannual testimony before Congress.

Top strategists are anticipating a bumpy road to recovery for the U.S. stock market, even with encouraging economic data around retail sales.

On Monday, the state reported its lowest three-day average of Covid-19 deaths and its lowest level of hospitalizations since the outbreak began in mid-March.

McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said Tuesday that the chain will bring back some menu items, but the menu is "unlikely" to return to its pre-pandemic length.

The alleged theft of CIA hacking tools by one of the agency's own officers exposed a culture of "woefully lax" security around the agency's dangerous cyberweapons, according to an internal report made public Tuesday.