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The Federal Aviation Administration is allowing Boeing's 737 Max to fly again. The plane has been grounded for 20 months following two fatal crashes blamed on a faulty flight control system.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, about the challenges facing vaccine distribution on the state level.

The conflict in Ethiopia has prompted aid groups to sound the alarm on a deteriorating humanitarian situation as tens of thousands of Ethiopian refugees flee the fighting into neighboring Sudan.

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared the first at-home coronavirus test for emergency use during the pandemic. But it's expensive and requires a prescription.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a powerful agency policing predatory or unfair practices. Trump hobbled it. But a court ruling allows Biden to appoint a new sheriff at the bureau.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a major ally of President Trump's, has kept a low profile since the election. Meanwhile, coronavirus cases are rising, and local officials are asking for leadership.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Garrett Graff, director of the Aspen Institute's cybersecurity program, about the effects of the leadership vacuum in several federal agencies.

As the pandemic drags on, NPR answers listener questions about the toll that isolation can take on mental health.

Small-town startups often struggle to attract serious investors. But efforts are under way to help entrepreneurs outside the urban beltway find financing.

In New York's 23rd congressional district race, the Tea Party candidate, Doug Hoffman, has dropped out. But he's still on the ballot, and a Saturday poll shows him drawing 15 percent of the vote. That support accounts for nearly all the lead for incumbent Democrat Bill Owens over Republican Matt Doheny, so there's a very real possibility that the political ghost of a Tea Party candidate could play the spoiler role. North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann reports.