State officials once hoped to have 70 percent of residents 16-and-older vaccinated by July 1. Now it looks like mid-August. Beyond that, the pandemic metrics continue to look good.

The head of the World Health Organization says the world is in “a very dangerous period” of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting the more contagious delta variant is identified in nearly 100 countries.

Over the past 32 years, Morning Edition has broadcast a reading of the Declaration of Independence by NPR staff as a way of marking Independence Day. This year, they also offer some historical context.

The mix of hot sun, alcohol and readily available explosives also make this one of the most dangerous holidays of the year.

American champion Sha'Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana. The 21-year-old sprinter was expected to face Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in one of the most highly anticipated races of the Olympic track meet.

U.S. officials say the U.S. military has left Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan after nearly 20 years. The facility was the epicenter of the war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America. Two officials say the airfield was handed over to the Afghan National Security and Defense Force in its entirety.

Since January, hospitals were supposed to be disclosing true prices for their services, as a way to empower patients to shop around. Turns out, compliance is spotty and the data can be hard to find.

The Boy Scouts of America have reached an $850 million agreement with attorneys representing some 60,000 victims of child sex abuse in what could prove to be a pivotal moment in the organization’s bankruptcy case.

Black creators on TikTok say that for years, non-Black creators have risen to fame performing dances that Black influencers on the app created.

The results follow similar announcements about the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, in the fight against the fast-spreading delta strain.

The dust has settled at the state Capitol after a long, drawn out budget process, and top leaders are reflecting on what they accomplished.

Pinterest will now ban all ads containing weight loss language or imagery, adding to the platform's growing roster of prohibited content.

The local emergency rules were set to end today, along with the state’s emergency order, which did expire with the passage of a new two-year state budget.

The state is poised to provide $30 million to lure a North Carolina company to Minnesota's north woods. Supporters of the wood manufacturing plant project say it will create hundreds of badly needed jobs, while at the same time also benefiting the state's forests.

The indictment comes after a three-year investigation into the business dealings of the former president's family business by the Manhattan district attorney's office.

President Joe Biden on Thursday offered comfort to the grieving and federal support for the ongoing efforts to search for the missing and rebuild after last week’s collapse of a high-rise condo building along the Florida coastline.

Cheney, a critic of former President Donald Trump, is the only Republican named to the panel by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

ExxonMobil has condemned the comments of one of its lobbyists secretly recorded by undercover climate activists. The man described pushing lawmakers to weaken President Joe Biden's infrastructure bill.