Billions In COVID-19 Relief Loans May Have Been Handed Out To Scammers, Report Says The Small Business Administration had to quickly disburse coronavirus relief loans. But some of that may have been handed out to fraudsters, an agency report says. Jim Zarroli
Stocks Sink As Rising Coronavirus Cases Deepen Fears About Economy The Dow tumbled more than 800 points as COVID-19 cases surge in the United States and Europe, while next week's election is only adding to the uncertainty over the economy. Jim Zarroli
Facebook Stops New Political Ads To Try To Limit Misinformation Facebook's ban on new political and issue ads starts on Tuesday, a week before Election Day. But that won't stop groups intent on reaching voters through the platform. Shannon Bond
Stocks Tumble As Coronavirus Cases Spike Again In U.S. And Europe Investors are also discouraged by the lack of progress in talks between Congress and the White House over another coronavirus relief bill. Jim Zarroli
Can Airport COVID-19 Testing Encourage More People To Fly? Desperate to try to fill planes again, airlines are rushing to implement on the spot, rapid-response pre-flight Covid-19 testing for passengers. Will it work, and what are the stumbling blocks? David Schaper
Seattle Arcade Adapts To Pandemic With Touchless Pinball Machines Add-A-Ball arcade has come up with some innovative ways to stay open during the pandemic. They installed foot pedals on their pinball machines and encouraged customers to bring their games.
Housing Boom: Sales of Million-Dollar Homes Double The housing market is on a tear, setting all kinds of records, including prices. But it's also a reflection of the uneven economic recovery and more first-time homebuyers are getting priced out. Chris Arnold
Purdue Pharma Reaches $8B Opioid Deal With Justice Department Over Oxycontin Sales Critics say the settlement doesn't hold company executives or members of the Sackler family accountable for their aggressive marketing of Oxycontin which helped fuel the nation's opioid epidemic. Brian Mann
Antitrust Suit Accuses Google Of Abusing Its Dominance Over Rivals NPR's Noel King talks to Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge about the antitrust lawsuit against Google filed by the Justice Department and 11 state attorneys general.
Wall Street Is A Big Source Of Campaign Cash For Democrats The two major political parties raise money differently. Republicans tend to get more money from older industries such as energy and manufacturing. Democrats do better with technology and health care. Jim Zarroli
