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Stress rises for unemployed as extra $600 benefit nears end

by Associated Press Writers
| July 18, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A major source of income for roughly 30 million unemployed people is set to end, threatening their ability to meet rent and pay bills and potentially undercutting the fragile economic recovery.

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