Early career
State to use COVID-19 money for gun-violence prevention

By Pat Eaton-Robb Jun. 28, 2021 02:37 PM EDT
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that he is earmarking $5 million in federal COVID-19 relief money to fight gun violence and fund crime-prevention...

A man stops next to a commercial property for lease in Sydney, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. The Australian government will reveal a big spending financial blueprint for the next few years that will drive business investment and job creation while repairing pandemic damage to the economy. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Australia plans massive pandemic budget, record deficit

By Rod Mcguirk Oct. 06, 2020 05:22 AM EDT

Megan Foster poses for a picture on the campus of the University of North Carolina-Charlotte on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C. The iconic summer job for high school and college students has been on the wane for nearly 20 years. But the pandemic is squeezing even more young people out of the workforce. Foster, a grad student, was unable to get a paid internship or summer job in her field of communications. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Summer jobs for young people are vanishing with the pandemic

By Ben Finley Aug. 11, 2020 10:10 AM EDT

Fashion school graduate Phoebe St. Leger poses for a photo in Florence, Italy, Jan. 25, 2018. Around the world, young people armed with new degrees, diplomas and professional qualifications are struggling to enter the workforce as the pandemic pushes the global economy into recession. British fashion school graduate Phoebe St. Leger’s dream of landing a job at a design label is on hold. The coronavirus forced the cancellation of her university graduating class's final-year fashion show, which removing the chance to show her knitwear collection to people in the industry, some of whom might have liked her work enough to offer her a job. (Shannon Davidson via AP)
Pandemic wrecks global Class of 2020's hopes for first job

By Kelvin Chan Aug. 10, 2020 04:03 AM EDT

Lebanese Ali Mallah, 27, who recently lost his job as a salesman at a shoe store in Beirut, stands on Beirut's waterfront promenade on the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Millions of youth in the Middle East region have had job prospects, plans for higher education and marriage upended by the pandemic. While such turmoil and uncertainty is universal in the wake of the coronavirus, the despair is particularly pronounced in Arab countries, where wave after wave of war, displacement and corruption has left this generation feeling bitter and hopeless. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Virus adds to deep despair felt by war-weary young Arabs

By Zeina Karam And Qassim Abdul-Zahra Jul. 27, 2020 01:10 AM EDT

Rowaida Abdul Rahman shows her science master's degree certificate while jobless graduates gather in front of the Ministry of Oil to demand jobs in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 20, 2020. In the Mideast, wave after wave of war, disease and economic collapse leaves this generation feeling hopeless. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Virus adds to deep despair felt by war-weary young Arabs

By Zeina Karam And Qassim Abdul-Zahra Jul. 26, 2020 03:33 AM EDT