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WASHINGTON (AP) ¡ª More than a million Americans sought unemployment benefits last week.That's the word from a Labor Department report that indicates companies are cutting more jobs as the coronavirus surges through the Sunbelt and some of the nation¡¯s most populous states. Layoffs in Florida, Georgia and California rose by tens of thousands.The number of laid-off workers seeking assistance remained stuck at 1.3 million. That number is lower than the previous week but still illustrates the devastation wrought by widespread shutdowns.The U.S. has now suffered 17 straight weeks of jobless claims in the millions as the country continues to combat the novel coronavirus.Case counts are rising in 40 states and 22 states have either paused or reversed their efforts to reopen their economies, according to Bank of America. 832

VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) - The mother of a 14-year-old girl sexually assaulted by a San Diego Deputy filed a civil lawsuit citing negligence and invasion of privacy.Deputy Timothy Wilson pleaded guilty to lewd acts on a minor and two counts of unlawfully taking computer data. He¡¯s serving jail time. The victim¡¯s mother, Jennifer Tanis, says Wilson accessed her daughter¡¯s police file 44 times. He was able to get her home address, videos, and pictures of her daughter. She tells 10News she¡¯s suing the county, not for money, but change. Currently, all deputies are allowed to access police files, but she thinks the only person who should have access to them is the lead investigator.She says the county failed her.¡°There was no system in place to protect my daughter, her story or the pictures they took of her during the investigation," Tanis said.Tanis is pushing for change not only in the county but the entire country. She reached out to Congressman Mike Levin¡¯s office for help. San Diego County has said they have the capability of making police reports private, but only in some cases. Deputy Wilson¡¯s case wasn¡¯t reportedly one of them. 1152

Volkswagen has been fined another €800 million (6 million) over its diesel emissions scandal, this time because of failings at its Audi subsidiary.Volkswagen said Tuesday it accepted the fine imposed by German prosecutors, waving its right to appeal. It said the penalty would hit earnings this year."As a negative special item, [it will] reduce the group earnings for fiscal year 2018 accordingly," it said in a statement.The penalty by Munich prosecutors is just the latest consequence of the scandal that emerged in 2015 and initially wiped out billions off the company's value.Volkswagen admitted cheating on clean air rules with software that made emissions look less toxic than they actually were.The fine concludes the Munich prosecutors' investigation into the company. However, probes into executives, including Audi's former CEO Rupert Stadler, continue, the prosecutors said.The €800 million fine comprises a €5 million penalty for administrative offenses, the maximum allowed under German law.On top of that, prosecutors ordered Volkswagen to repay €795 million they said the company made from the cheating. The prosecutors said this included profits from the sales of affected vehicles.In this case, the diesel emissions cheating affected nearly 5 million cars sold by the Volkswagen group in Europe and the United States, prosecutors said. Specifically, it concerned V6 and V8 diesel engines manufactured by Audi and installed in Audi, Volkswagen and Porsche brands, and Audi vehicles equipped with EA 189 and EA 288 engine made by Volkswagen.Shares in Volkswagen (VLKAF) and Audi (AUDVF) were trading higher on Tuesday. Volkswagen stock is down 11 percent so far this year. 1699

Voters are again set to render a verdict on the direction they would like to take the country.They turned out in record numbers for early voting, and polls open for Election Day have been steadily busy.Two years into Trump's tempestuous presidency, Democrats are targeting their best election results in six years. But given uncertainty over the quality of polling, questions over the makeup of the electorate and Trump's talent for busting political norms, no one can say for sure how the election will play out.Click here to see photos from around the country as people turned out to cast their ballots. 618

WASHINGTON ¡ª Joe Biden has said during a virtual town hall that President Donald Trump was the country's ¡°first¡± racist president. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee¡¯s comment came Wednesday in response to a questioner mentioning the president referring to the coronavirus as the ¡°China virus." "We¡¯ve had racists, and they¡¯ve existed. They¡¯ve tried to get elected president. He¡¯s the first one that has,¡± Biden said. However, many presidents ¡ª including the nation¡¯s first, George Washington ¡ª owned slaves. Trump responded by saying that he'd done more for Black Americans than any other president, with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln. 669

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