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Teacher vaccinations go untracked amid school reopening push

By Casey Smith, Associated Press

As the U.S. prioritizes teachers nationwide for coronavirus vaccines, states and many districts are not keeping track of how many school employees have received the shots.

WATCH: White House COVID-19 response team holds briefing

By Zeke Miller, Linda A. Johnson, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

The White House says two new mass vaccination sites will soon be open, in Atlanta and Cleveland, each with the ability to provide 6,000 daily coronavirus shots.

The Longest Year: Fighting ‘the invisible enemy’

By Amna Nawaz, Mike Fritz, Sam Lane, Vika Aronson, Emily Carpeaux, Erica R. Hendry

In the first episode of a series we're calling "The Longest Year," which tells the stories of the isolation, uncertainty, fear, loss and new understanding that have spread alongside the virus, we focus on the people on the front lines.

U.S. traffic deaths spike even as pandemic cuts miles traveled

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

The nonprofit National Safety Council estimates in a report issued Thursday that 42,060 people died in vehicle crashes in 2020. That's an 8% increase over 2019.

Older adults left behind in desperate dash for vaccine shots

By Gillian Flaccus, Heather Hollingsworth, Russ Bynum, Associated Press

Nonprofits, churches and health care outreach workers are scrambling to to reach older people who are falling through the cracks before the nation's focus moves on and the competition for vaccines stiffens.

California Legislature approves plan to push in-person learning

By Adam Beam, Associated Press

The legislation approved Thursday would give school districts $2 billion if they offer in-person instruction by the end of the month. Another $4.6 billion would be available to all school districts to help student catch up.

Water crisis continues in Mississippi, weeks after cold snap

By Jeff Martin, Leah Willingham, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Mississippi's largest city is still struggling with water problems, more than two weeks after winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the system.

Answering viewers’ questions about COVID-19 vaccines

Although the U.S. should have enough vaccines on hand for all adults by the end of May, it may take longer to inoculate enough Americans to provide adequate protection. There are many reasons for that, but key among them, lingering…

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Democrats tighten eligibility limits for COVID-19 relief benefits

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

President Joe Biden and Democrats have agreed to tighten eligibility limits for stimulus checks. This is a concession to party moderates, and it comes as leaders prepare to move their $1.9 trillion COVID-relief bill through the Senate.