Around the U.S. NE Region:

• The US Department of Education has disbursed millions more in American Rescue Plan funding for K-12 schools in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
• A student tour company said American Airlines wrongly punished an entire group of recent high school graduates after just one refused to wear a mask.
• "Unmasking the truth: The saga of American Airlines Flight 893" | By Christopher Muther
• Wellesley’s COVID-19 Relief Fund is supporting a summer jobs program for teenagers.
• Rhode Island has launched the COVID-19 Vaccination Incentive Fund to encourage more people to get vaccinated. The more people get vaccinated, the more money will be given to nonprofits in the state.
• Rhode Island has seen almost $54 million in fraudulent unemployment claims during the pandemic.