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A "Retail Space Available" sign is displayed in the window of a closed JPMorgan Chase & Co. branch in the Bronx borough of New York City on Feb. 22, 2019. Banks have been closing branches, a trend that has accelerated during the pandemic as more people manage their accounts online.

'What Are We Going To Do?': Towns Reel As Banks Close Branches At Record Pace

Banks closed a record number of branches last year as the pandemic pushed more customers to online and mobile banking.

Joyce Barnes, 62, is a home aide near Richmond, Va., working two jobs that pay $9.87 an hour and $8.50 an hour.

She Works 2 Jobs. Her Grocery Budget Is $25. This Is Life Near Minimum Wage

A juicy prime rib. A glossy art book. A few days off work without worrying about bills. These are the unreachable desires of some of America's workers earning just above minimum wage.

Andrew Brown's Family Reacts To Police Bodycam Shooting Footage

Family members of Andrew Brown Jr. were allowed to view a snippet of body camera footage showing his killing by police in Elizabeth City, N.C. The video clip was only 20 seconds.

The Biden administration aims to make buprenorphine, a drug proven to help people with opioid addiction, more available.

As Opioid Deaths Surge, Biden Team Moves To Make Buprenorphine Treatment Mainstream

With the deadly opioid fentanyl pushing overdose deaths to record levels, federal officials hope buprenorphine will save lives in parts of the country where the drug is rarely prescribed.

A closed sign is displayed in the window of a business in a nearly deserted lower Manhattan on April 17, 2020, in New York. Many small businesses benefited from a government emergency loan program during the pandemic, but its effectiveness is still in doubt.

Did Emergency PPP Loans Work? Nearly $800 Billion Later, We Still Don't Know

The Paycheck Protection Program, which provided emergency loans to small businesses amid the pandemic, will wind down soon. Economists are divided on whether it saved enough jobs to justify its cost.

The CDC's latest guidance says people who are fully vaccinated do not need to wear a mask when they're outdoors unless they're in a crowded space.

CDC: If You're Vaccinated, You Don't Need To Mask Outdoors (Unless You're In A Crowd)

But the CDC is urging all people — vaccinated or not — to continue avoiding medium or large gatherings since it's still learning how well the vaccines work to curb the spread of the virus.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison prosecuted former officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted on April 20 of murdering George Floyd.

Minnesota Attorney General Focused On Mechanics Of Derek Chauvin Case, Not Its Impact

Keith Ellison, who led the prosecution of former officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, wasn't sure they were going to win. "Accountability just doesn't happen very much," he says.

A general view of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul in 2013. The State Department announced Tuesday "the departure from U.S. Embassy Kabul of U.S. government employees whose functions can be performed elsewhere."

State Department Orders Departure Of Nonessential Personnel From Kabul Embassy

The order came Tuesday, amid concerns about heightened violence as U.S. and NATO troops depart Afghanistan. U.S. officials would not confirm the number of those leaving but insisted it would be small.

Stephen Colbert says working without a live audience has been challenging during the pandemic: "There's some vital performance adrenaline spark that's missing."

Stephen Colbert On Missing His Live Audience And Making Comedy A Family Business

Colbert has been taping The Late Show without a live audience during the pandemic, but he's not always alone. Sometimes his wife, Evie, is in the room. If she laughs, he knows he's on the right track.

Clayton County, Ga., Sheriff Victor Hill is accused of violating the civil rights of detainees by ordering that they be unnecessarily strapped into a restraint chair and left there for hours, according to a federal indictment. Hill is seen here in 2005.

Georgia Sheriff Indicted On Federal Charges That He Used Restraint Chair To Punish

An indictment describes four instances last year in which Sheriff Victor Hill ordered detainees restrained in a chair for hours, though the men had offered no resistance.

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