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A Utah company is expanding the solar panel business to apartment complexes, where renters can benefit from renewable energy usually reserved for individual homes.

Newly vaccinated Americans are eating out, getting haircuts, going to sporting events and traveling again — giving a lift to businesses that have been largely shuttered for over a year.

On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong transitioned from British colony to Chinese region. Hong Kongers born in the year of the handover reflect on how their lives and futures have been shaped by that moment.

President Biden threw his support behind a World Trade Organization proposal that would waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines — allowing countries to make their own vaccines.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown about how her state is prepping for possible communal spread of the novel coronavirus.

Among the states setting aggressive climate goals, perhaps the most surprising is Louisiana. The longtime oil and gas state is now trying to figure out how to become carbon neutral.

Venezuelans fed up with shortages along with triple-digit inflation took to the streets to force the president to allow a referendum on his rule. Renee Montagne talks to Girish Gupta of Reuters.

Groundwater in southeastern Oregon is drying up. Farming, which uses a lot of that water, could decimate the region unless communities make drastic changes soon.

The Scottish town of Inverness gathers every new year to sing Robert Burns' famed ode "Auld Lang Syne" to old friends. It's particularly poignant now as the U.K. prepares to leave the European Union.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to scholar Frances Dickey of the University of Missouri about the trove of love letters T.S. Eliot wrote to a woman he called his "muse." The letters were unsealed this week.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with InsideClimate News reporter Nicholas Kusnetz about a fraud case against ExxonMobil. The trial begins Tuesday and the outcome could impact efforts to curb climate change.

The short answer is — no. Immunology experts say there is little to be gained, for now, from an antibody test, for a number of reasons.

Biden says, "Today is a great day for America and our long battle with coronavirus. ... It's been made possible by the extraordinary success we've had in vaccinating so many Americans so quickly."

In Elizabeth City, N.C., the family of Andrew Brown Jr. was allowed on Tuesday to see more bodycam footage of his fatal shooting by sheriff's deputies last month.

NPR's Noel King talks to Sarah Menkedick, author of Ordinary Insanity, about her recent essay in The Washington Post: How the coronavirus pandemic actually eased my anxiety.

Joe Biden has picked Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. The pick of a running mate from California is unusual, since candidates usually balance their ticket with someone from a swing state.

The order follows a ransomware attack on a company that operates a pipeline that provides nearly half of the gasoline and jet fuel for the East Coast.

There might be an end soon to the fighting between Israel and Hamas. After 11 days of airstrikes, Israel says it is willing to cease-fire, and Hamas officials have already been saying they would.

In Gaza, which faced the brunt of the fighting, crews are sifting through the rubble from a conflict that authorities say killed more than 240 people in Gaza and 12 people in Israel.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Hozayfa Yazji of the Norwegian Refugee Council about the children who have been killed in Gaza — some of whom had been receiving therapy for trauma from prior conflicts.

Florida Democrats are trying to rebound from a disappointing election cycle. Incoming minority leaders Ramon Alexander and Fentrice Driskell are looking to help their side rebound.

Any rebuilding effort for Gaza will likely cost billions. International donors are wary that aid could be misused. Meanwhile, 800,000 in Gaza are without regular access to piped water.

The U.S. has been unable to do much to reduce the violence in Egypt. President Obama canceled upcoming joint military exercises, and says the administration is looking at other options, perhaps affecting the $1.5 billion in military aid the U.S. provides Egypt each year. For more insight, Renee Montagne talks to Nathan Brown, a scholar of Middle East politics with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and George Washington University.

Fighting between Israel and Hamas has entered its 10th straight day and both sides are facing increased pressure to reach a cease-fire — including from President Biden.

Canada's coronavirus vaccination rates lag far behind that of the U.S., largely due to supply shortages. But some American border communities are sharing their supplies with their Canadian neighbors.