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Jonathan Baird and his wife, Nichole, say they've had to decide between making their car payment and buying food since she lost her job in the pandemic. His mortgage and auto lenders told him he didn't qualify for help.

Millions Of Americans Skip Payments As Tidal Wave Of Defaults And Evictions Looms

Hardship programs appear to be helping many people pause payments and survive the economic shutdown so far. But not everybody is getting the help, and advocates see big potential trouble ahead.

Despite public health recommendations that people infected with the coronavirus isolate themselves to prevent further transmission, President Trump rode with Secret Service agents past his supporters outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Sunday.

Trump's Missed Opportunities To Personally Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus

The president's missteps after being exposed to the coronavirus have amplified the risks of spreading it to others and undermined the recommendations of public health officials.

At Supreme Court, Mean Girls Meet 1st Amendment

At issue is whether schools can punish students for off-campus speech. At the center of the case is a teenager suspended from her cheerleading team after using a vulgarity on Snapchat.

Kristine Crow, Peter Schwartzman, and John Pritchard (left to right)

Galesburg Mayoral Candidates Weigh in on Proposed Lake Storey Expansion Project

One issue on top of Galesburg voters' minds is a proposed $26 million Lake Storey expansion project. A Phase One feasibility study, released in December...

Lady Gaga spent months studying Patrizia Reggiani for her role in 'House of Gucci'

Lady Gaga stars in the film House of Gucci as a woman at the center of a scandal in the world of fashion. Her character turns to murder after being cut from the family business.

Mental health care advocates say patients face challenges in insurance coverage.

Unvaccinated COVID patients can’t be denied insurance coverage for hospitalizations by a law, but employers have other options

The majority of private health insurers in the U.S. have stopped voluntarily waiving deductibles and co-pays related to COVID-19 hospitalizations as vaccines have been widely available for more than half the year, and some private employers are charging unvaccinated workers more for health insurance.

Fund secures $100 Million to benefit climate change initiatives for people of color

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Isabelle Leighton of the Donors of Color Network, which has secured $100 million in pledges to fund environmental justice initiatives centered on communities color.

New Orleans Residents Ponder Next Steps

A week of coverage from New Orleans to explore what residents and business leaders are thinking about the future of their city begins with visits to a woman at an Algiers church, a husband and wife cleaning up in Saint Bernard Parish and a Holocaust survivor. They are not sure if to stay or leave the city they love.

Robin Meloy Goldsby's book recounts her career as a piano-lounge performer.

Reflections of a 'Piano Girl'

Robin Meloy Goldsby has spent decades making "pleasant and unobtrusive" background music as a cocktail lounge piano player. Now she steps front and center with a memoir called Piano Girl: Lessons in Life, Music, and the Perfect Blue Hawaiian.

A man stands in front of a crater that was made from a missile strike in Slovyansk on Sunday morning.

Along the front lines in Ukraine, cut off from resources, a resilient city holds on

As a stalemate sets in on Ukraine's eastern front line, a city lives in limbo with constant shelling, limited fuel and spotty utilities. The government ordered evacuations but some residents remain.

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