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As the U.S. accelerates its rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday released new guidance for individuals who have been fully inoculated. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images hide caption
COVID-19 Relief And Cash Payments Near; CDC Says Vaccinated Can Gather Without Masks
Police officers are shown arresting Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri after a Black Lives Matter protest she was covering on May 31, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. Sahouri went on trial Monday on charges of failing to disperse and interfering with official acts. Katie Akin/AP hide caption
President Biden and Vice President Harris invited 10 labor leaders into the Oval Office in mid-February. Biden has pledged to be the most labor-friendly president ever. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Allan McDonald in 2016 holds a commemorative poster honoring the seven astronauts killed aboard the space shuttle Challenger. Howard Berkes/NPR hide caption
Remembering Allan McDonald: He Refused To Approve Challenger Launch, Exposed Cover-Up
Kareem Hawari poses in a "Designate Little Arabia" face mask. Arab American Civic Council hide caption
A store in New York City stands closed on April 21, 2020. A year after the coronavirus pandemic was declared, millions of Americans are still unemployed. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Facebook has promised repeatedly in recent years to address the spread of conspiracy theories and misinformation on its site. Ben Margot/AP hide caption
Far-Right Misinformation Is Thriving On Facebook. A New Study Shows Just How Much
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to the press Saturday at the Capitol, after the Senate passed COVID-19 relief legislation on a party-line vote. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
Oil pump jacks operate at dusk in Long Beach, Calif., on April 21, 2020. After getting burned by the oil industry's previous boom-and-bust cycles, Wall Street now wants energy companies to pump less crude, not more. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ifeoma Ozoma is the Founder and Principal of Earthseed. Adria Malcolm for NPR hide caption
'It Really Is A Gag Order': California May Limit Nondisclosure Agreements
Disneyland, Anaheim, Calif., September 2020. California announced theme parks, sports arenas and stadiums will be allowed to open on April 1 if they meet health requirements at the county level. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Alden and Kyra found each other through the power of economics Cayenn Landau/Kyra Dorado Teigen and Alden O'Rafferty hide caption
A work called Nyan Cat by Chris Torres sold for $590,000 recently. It's part of growing interest in digital assets, known as non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, that are generating millions of dollars in sales every day. Chris Torres hide caption
A man crosses a nearly empty street in San Francisco, on March 17, 2020. Despite a reduction in driving last year, road fatalities increased, according to the National Safety Council. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
People line up outside the Utah Department of Workforce Services in Salt Lake City. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption
A man walks past a "Now Hiring" sign in front of a store in early December in Arlington, Va. U.S. employers added 379,000 jobs in February, as hiring picked up sharply from the previous month. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A Sign Of Hope After 'Winter Hibernation': Employers Add 379,000 Jobs
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Bill Magness, the former president and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, was removed from his post Wednesday following last month's winter storm that resulted in days-long blackouts for more than 4 million Texans. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Former U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack contracted with a private law firm to investigate his own staff, a task usually done by government specialists. U.S. Agency for Global Media hide caption
A pumpjack operates in the desert oil fields in southern Bahrain on April 22, 2020. Bahrain and other members of the OPEC+ alliance decided Thursday to keep output largely unchanged as they hope to push crude prices even higher after a recent rally. Mazen Mahdi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption