DOJ Has Charged Nearly 500 With COVID-Related Fraud In The Past Year A year after the first major coronavirus relief package passed, the Justice Department has charged defendants over exploiting loan and unemployment programs as well as with fraud targeting consumers. Ryan Lucas
Some Mexicans Travel To U.S. For COVID Vaccines As Their Country's Rollout Stumbles Some Mexicans with family ties or dual citizenship in the U.S., or who can afford the airfare, head north of the border to get vaccinated faster than the months of waiting for one back home. Carrie Kahn
Coronavirus FAQ: To Travel Or Not To Travel? Plus, Tattoos And Vaccines Can Mix Airports are getting busier, but the CDC hasn't issued new guidelines for vaccinated folks. What's a wannabe traveler to do? And is it OK to get a vaccine if you just got tattooed? Or have no spleen? Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
'What Are We Going To Do?': Towns Reel As Banks Close Branches At Record Pace Banks closed a record number of branches last year as the pandemic pushed more customers to online and mobile banking. Scott Horsley
Morning News Brief Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a controversial overhaul of the state's election system into law. Gun control advocates criticize Biden. And, COVID-19 cases rise in some states.
Things Are Looking Up For Boston Tavern Cornwall's As It Prepares To Reopen As restrictions on outdoor dining loosen, the owners of Cornwall's in Boston are feeling hopeful for the first time in a while. They closed right before St. Patrick's Day 2020. Things are looking up. Tovia Smith
Miami Beach Business Owners Say Mayor's Curfew Is Cutting Into Their Bottom Line Miami Beach's mayor has ordered a curfew to try to stem a crush of spring breakers and limit the spread of the coronavirus. Business owners say the order is cutting into their bottom lines. Verónica Zaragovia
Jerome Powell: Economy Is Better Thanks To 'Dunkirk'-Like Rescue By Fed, Congress The Federal Reserve chairman tells NPR that the U.S. economy is on a clear path to recovery thanks to the Fed's rescue plan and the stimulus passed by Congress. Scott Horsley
AstraZeneca's Latest Report Supports Effectiveness Of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca has updated the data about its COVID-19 vaccine after criticism that its previous statement was based on incomplete information. The update still finds that the shot is safe and effective. Richard Harris
Latest AstraZeneca Report Supports Effectiveness Of COVID Vaccine Updated study results say the vaccine is 76% effective against symptomatic COVID-19 and 100% effective against severe disease. Independent monitors had been concerned about a previous report. Vanessa Romo