COVID-19 crisis pushes US unemployment toward highest since Great Depression

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. unemployment is swelling to levels last seen during the Great Depression, with 1 in 6 American workers thrown out of work by the coronavirus.The government says more than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week. With jobless lines growing, the House passed a nearly $500 billion infusion of coronavirus spending to aid ailing businesses and hospitals.In all, about 26 million people have now filed for unemployment aid in the past five week