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After a record 113 straight months of hiring, the government’s monthly jobs report Friday is expected to show that the American jobs machine came to a sudden halt in March as a result of the coronavirus.

Christopher Njingu, who has no known criminal history, suffers from hypertension and chronic pain from torture he suffered during a civil war in his native Cameroon …

About 90% of Caesars Entertainment’s workforce in the United States has been furloughed due to the coronavirus pandemic and the economic slowdown caused by it.

Citing needed flexibility during the coronavirus pandemic, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo has suspended collective bargaining rights for Metro Police officers in the coming weeks. 

Leaders behind the Nevada chapter of Service Employees International Union are calling Clark County Manager Yolanda King’s action to suspend union contracts not only unprecedented but illegal. The decision, made Tuesday, affects nearly 9,000 county em…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker found himself in need of an assist to help the state fight the coronavirus pandemic. He called on the New England Patriots.

Major construction projects moving forward along the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico are raising fears the coronavirus could race through temporary work camps and spread to rural communities unable to handle an outbreak.

A cafeteria worker at Desert Pines High School has died as a result of the coronavirus, according to the Clark County School District. 

The task force hopes to have an additional 750,000 N95 or N95-equivalent masks, 400,000 pairs of gloves, 261,000 surgical gowns and “additional disinfectant” within the next 10 days …

A North Las Vegas Police officer tested positive this week for the coronavirus, the first known infection in the department, city officials said today. On Sunday morning, the officer began showing …