A record 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, as restaurants, hotels, barber shops, gyms and more shut down in a nationwide effort to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
A record 3.3 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits as the coronavirus slams economy
The U.S. unemployment rate has likely risen to 5.5 percent already -- a level not seen since 2015.
By Heather Long
and March 26, 2020 at 9:54 a.m. EDT