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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch says Justice Department lawyers are continuing to review files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to determine what can be released to the public.

The department has come under criticism for its handling of the files release, which is required by a law Congress passed last month.

NPR's Ryan Lucas has more.

It's turning out to be an especially rough flu season as cases across the U.S.

are surging.

As NPR's Gabrielle Emanuel reports, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is out with new numbers.

The chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is signaling her focus for the agency in the new year.

As NPR's Andrea Hsu reports, her message is this.

All race-based discrimination is wrong, including against white men.

Stocks finished the last day of the year down.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 303 points.

The Nasdaq down 177.

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The Department of Health and Human Services says it's freezing federal funding meant to help low-income families pay for child care.

Such payments have been an important tool in getting some people back to work.

The move comes in response to allegations of fraud in some Minnesota daycare facilities in particular and in child care nationwide.

More than a million children benefit from those payments.

A majority of Americans support adding technology to cars to prevent drunk driving.

That's according to a survey released this month by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

As NPR's Camilla Dominovsky reports, the technology has been required by Congress, but it's stuck in regulatory limbo.