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A new pandemic relief bill is expected to contain nearly $1 trillion in spending to keep the economy moving. But critics say it isn't big enough and doesn't address some of the most urgent priorities.

The associations that represent Fairbanks-area teachers, principals and support staff released a statement Friday opposing the opening of schools in…

Lilli Rayne's dog-walking business was taking off and she was finally preparing to buy a house. Then the pandemic struck. She's among the millions of Americans struggling to stay afloat right now.

The new NBA season tips off on Tuesday. There won't be a protective bubble, and teams will travel from city to city. It comes amid record-setting surges of coronavirus deaths and cases.

Bassett plays world-renowned jazz saxophonist Dorothea Williams in Disney/Pixar's latest animated film. She talks about that role, as well as the challenges she's faced as a Black woman in Hollywood.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Tim Bakken, a law professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, about allegations that more than 70 cadets cheated on a remote exam last spring.

President Trump has announced he will issue more than a dozen pardons and several commutations. Among them are former members of Congress and people connected to the Russia probe.

On Tuesday, President Trump has tweeted a video, criticizing the latest pandemic relief bill. He called the bill, which has already been passed by Congress, "a disgrace."

Film critic Kenneth Turan talks to NPR's David Greene about two box sets: Essential Fellini, celebrating director Federico Fellini, and The Jewish Soul, a collection of Yiddish language films.