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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.

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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.

Senate COVID-19 relief bill won't include transportation projects GOP used to voice opposition

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

A spokesperson for Speaker Nancy Pelosi says it's “unclear how Republicans will justify their opposition" to the bill now.

States rapidly expanding vaccine access as supplies surge

By Mark Pratt, Tammy Webber, Associated Press

Buoyed by a surge in vaccine shipments, states and cities are rapidly expanding eligibility for COVID-19 shots to teachers, 55-and-over Americans and other groups as the U.S. races to beat back the virus and reopen businesses and schools.

Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee to honor civil rights icons

By Kat Stafford, Associated Press

Sunday marks the 56th anniversary of those marches and “Bloody Sunday,” when more than 500 demonstrators gathered on March 7, 1965, to demand the right to vote and cross Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge.

WATCH: Senate discusses $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden and Democrats agreed to tighten eligibility limits for stimulus checks Wednesday, bowing to party moderates as leaders prepared to move their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill through the Senate.