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The White House is making its last big push ahead of a July 4 target of getting 70% of American adults vaccinated, a target that now seems out of reach.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Doree Shafrir about her book Thanks for Waiting and the obstacles and victories of postponing the usual milestones of success for women like marriage, kids and a career.

Iowa State University will work with three central Iowa counties to create a laboratory to research and test technologies to boost rural broadband connectivity.

The Serum Institute began mass-producing COVID vaccines even before approval. They've made millions of doses. But so far only about 4% of people in India are fully vaccinated. What went wrong?

The government's evictions moratorium has kept millions in their homes during the pandemic. It's been extended till the end of July. But what then?

The historic surge of new businesses seen in 2020 has continued through the first half of 2021. Is it merely a pendulum swing back to a normal economy, or a rocket ship to a better economy?

Thailand plans to reopen the resort island of Phuket to vaccinated foreign tourists July 1. It's a bid to jump start an economy and a tourist industry battered by the pandemic. Will foreigners come?

Officials are looking into alleged sexual violence against young lifeguards — ranging from serial harassment to sexual assault. It began with a letter to the mayor from a former lifeguard.

Race officials plan to file a lawsuit against the female spectator who caused the pileup when she stepped onto the road in the first stage of the race on Saturday.

As one of the largest U.S. rescue operations in recent memory continues, those who escaped the tower or lost loved ones want to know how the 12-story structure could have failed so suddenly.