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The government's $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program had to be thrown together quickly, and the criteria for which companies can receive benefits were kept loose.

The event was recently moved from North Carolina over a dispute about safety precautions such as face coverings and crowd limits.

The Department of Health and Human Services will make 296,000 doses available in the coming weeks, and expects a total of 1.6 million doses to be available in the U.S. by the end of the year.

Dollar Tree plans to close about 600 Family Dollar stores in the first half of this year and 370 Family Dollar and 30 Dollar Tree stores over the next several years.

Fifteen years ago this Wednesday, the federal minimum wage went up from $6.55 per hour to $7.25. It hasn't budged since.

New York State Police say the man was arrested after they received word from the FBI that that he made "threats to kill a member of Congress."

The California primary is a free-for-all. Voters can pick any candidate, regardless of party, and the top two vote-getters will advance to the general election. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with University of Southern California associate professor Christian Grose about the state's "jungle primary" system.

Solo rappers might be the norm, but one Los Angeles management company is hitting with a group.

College basketball teams have found out who's headed to the Big Dance. Gonzaga took the top overall No. 1 seed on the men's side, while South Carolina took the top seed for the women.

Institutional Investor's Alpha, a publication focusing on hedge funds, released its annual "Rich List" Monday. It estimates the world's top 25 fund managers earned a combined $14.14 billion last year. The total is down slightly from the year before.

For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try a poutine burger from the Chicago restaurant Spritzburger. It's the best of Canada on top of the best of America.

Cheryl W. Thompson is an investigative correspondent for NPR.

The FCC has seen the future of cable TV, and it looks like the apps on your smartphone. The agency will vote later this month on a proposal to free consumers from the set-top box.

Stubbs gave voice to emotion — to love, to hurt, to desire, to loneliness. Songs like "I Can't Help Myself," "Reach Out, I'll Be There" and "Baby I Need Your Lovin' " made him one of Motown's most recognizable voices. He died Friday in Detroit.

The top 10% of earners in the U.S. would see the biggest gains under the GOP tax and spending package, according to congressional forecasters, but those at the bottom of the income ladder would be worse off.

By the middle of 2020, the Queens Football League had six teams: the Cats, Ravens, Blue Jays, Valkyries, Black Scorpions and Wolverines. Then the pandemic ground everything to a halt.

Unemployment insurance is at the top of the list for President Obama as Congress returns to Washington, but the big budget battles still loom.

Heat is the top weather-related killer in the U.S.

More than a million public school students in Florida are going to school through a screen. That may cost them and the U.S. economy in the decades to come.

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