Tomorrow, an FDA advisory committee meets to review the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and decide whether to grant it emergency authorization. Brown University School of Public Health dean Dr. Ashish Jha explains to NPR why he’s telling his family to take it if that’s what’s offered. The pressure is rising for South Dakota’s top law-enforcement officer to step down after he hit and killed a man while driving last September. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said he thought he struck a deer. The Sioux Falls Argus Leader lays out the facts and the unanswered questions. There’s a huge difference between the generational wealth of white Americans versus people of color, with significant implications for retirements. The Wall Street Journal analyzes a quarter century of data and finds the gap is getting wider and wider. The Athletic explores the growing popularity of virtual sports-cards and why some are selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece.

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