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Monday marks the Juneteenth holiday — a date commemorating the fall of slavery in the United States. While it's a new federal holiday, it's been celebrated since the 1860s.

The U.S. needs a lot more renewable energy to rein in climate change. But much of the opposition to larger solar projects is coming from local environmentalists and conservationists themselves.

Four decades into his career, Lloyd Cole's On Pain finds this purveyor of guitar pop still exploring that hazy space where people question themselves and make excuses or promises they might not keep.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy secured the support of GOP members to pass a bill to increase the nation's borrowing limit while slashing federal spending. Democrats say it threatens a default.

Many adults in Mexico don't have any kind of bank account, and a lot of those people are young and tech savvy. Financial tech startups see this as a big opportunity for online-only banks.

Hollywood writers for film and television are picketing at studios in a bid to get a more lucrative deal on royalties from DVDs and Internet programming. Last-minute talks with producers and a federal mediator fell apart late Sunday. It's the first strike since 1988.

U.S. Sugar, the nation's largest producer of cane sugar, announced Tuesday it will go out of business and sell about 300 square miles of Florida land to the state government. The decision is being called a major step to help restore the Everglades.

Merck agrees to pay nearly $5 billion to settle lawsuits from consumers contending the painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks and strokes. The safety problems of Vioxx and the withdrawal of Vioxx from the market was a watershed event in regulating prescription drugs in the U.S.

While a new U.S. intelligence report has found that Iran suspended efforts to build a nuclear weapon in 2003, experts say a big a part of the program remains intact: Iran is enriching uranium for fuel. But how efficient is the Iranian system?

Warner Bros. and Mattel set out to create a movie marketing machine — including more than 100 brand collabs and viral social media campaigns — to build excitement for the film's July 21 release.

President Bush has signed an executive order revising rules for intelligence agencies and expanding the national intelligence director's powers. Congressional Republicans are irked over what they say is disrespect for congressional oversight in the process.

Donald Trump was a factor in Ford's decision to cancel plans to build a new plant in Mexico. Now he has the attention of other U.S. manufacturing firms that were considering a move south.

Duke Energy has requested permission from state regulators for steep rate hikes beginning in 2027. It’s also seeking one of the highest returns on its Carolina operations among regulated utilities.

As part of the “battery belt,” North Carolina will soon be home to four lithium-ion battery factories, the power behind electric vehicles. But President Trump’s sweeping federal reconciliation bill eliminated tax credits for purchasing an electric vehicle, raising concerns about the future of the industry.

Several athletes are objecting to the International Olympic Committee over sponsorship of the Games by major oil companies. They say fossil fuel use threatens winter conditions needed for snow sports.

The Internet startup Tillable wants to match farmers with farmland available for rent. The problem? Farmers already on that land fear their farm data is being used against them.

More labs will soon have the ability to test sick people for the novel coronavirus, and experts say they'll finally have more of a sense of how it's spreading through communities in the U.S.

Indonesia calls them a national security risk. But that decision has sparked criticism from some, who say most of the refugees are actually the wives and children of former ISIS militia.

Iran has released tens of thousands of prisoners because of the coronavirus outbreak. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Babak Namazi, whose brother is still detained.

Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey is at risk of losing his job after a powerful investor is pushing for change. It thinks Dorsey, who is also CEO of another company, is not focused enough on Twitter.