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Eliot Byron, an out-of-work stagehand in New York City, is preparing for a long period of austerity. For how long, he does not know, and that is the hardest part. It’s an anxious feeling shared by many Americans.

VIDEO: While telework has become more common during the pandemic, only about 50 percent of jobs can be fully performed from home. For those who still have jobs and can’t telework, there’s no other choice but to go to work.

The Justice Department on Thursday dropped the charges in its long-running criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, ending one of the most politically charged and controversial cases stemming from the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Marine life in the politically disputed South China Sea took another hit over the past year due to overfishing and lack of international efforts to protect species.

The U.S Labor Department said Friday the coronavirus-caused unemployment rate surged to 14.7% in April, a number the world’s biggest economy has not experienced since the Great Depression in the 1930s. The jobless rate in March was 4.4%.