Biden Administration Prepares To Overturn Trump Abortion Rule In a move requested by abortion rights advocates, Biden is preparing to overturn the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits U.S. aid to groups that provide or refer for abortion in other countries. Sarah McCammon
Unemployment Claims Stay Stubbornly High As Biden Takes Office New claims for state unemployment benefits dipped last week but remained high, showcasing the economic challenges facing President Biden. Scott Horsley
Sanitizer-In-Chief Stands Out Among Stars At Biden's Inauguration Viewers spotted an unidentified man wearing two masks and carrying alcohol wipes. He disinfected the podium between speakers. He earned laudatory nicknames on Twitter including sanitizer-in-chief.
Trader Joe's, Dollar General And Others Are Paying Workers To Get Vaccines Grocers from Aldi to Trader Joe's are pitching financial incentives to their employees to encourage them to get vaccinated. Claire Miller
'We Have No Space': LA County Funeral Director Describes Virus's Toll Todd Beckley, a funeral director in Los Angeles County, says COVID-19 deaths have overwhelmed his mortuary. It is so overwhelmed there is waiting list that's 23 families long. Noel King
Massachusetts Voters Share Their Hopes For New Administration Some Massachusetts voters hope that the Biden administration will do better on protecting the environment and managing the pandemic. But some say they fear President Biden may be too moderate. Tovia Smith
Biden To Extend Order Limiting Pandemic Evictions On his first day in office, the president plans to sign an executive order extending the CDC's moratorium on evictions. Housing advocates say the CDC rule needs to be strengthened. Chris Arnold
Biden Adviser Sees Local Answers To Boosting Mask Use, Speeding Up Vaccinations For two of the biggest obstacles to curbing the pandemic, it won't just be federal officials who will lead the way, says Dr. Celine Gounder, a member of President Biden's COVID-19 advisory board. Steve Inskeep
Biden Becomes President A Year After 1st Confirmed U.S. COVID-19 Case Since the first case, 400,000 people in the U.S. have died. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Celine Gounder, a member of Biden's COVID-19 task force, about the administration's pandemic priorities.
4,400 Moderna Vaccine Doses Not Kept Cold Enough May Be Unusable Maine says it received vaccines with "the thermometer on the outside of the boxes ... [showing] that at some point the required minimum temperature had been exceeded." Vanessa Romo