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A Pacific Gas & Electric sign is shown outside of a PG&E building in San Francisco, Oct. 10, 2019.

PG&E Will Spend Up To $30 Billion Burying Power Lines

Pacific Gas & Electric plans to bury 10,000 miles of its power lines in an effort to prevent its fraying grid from sparking wildfires when electrical equipment collides with millions of trees and other vegetation.

'Until The World Shatters' Explores Jade's Role In Myanmar's Struggles

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to author Daniel Combs about his book Until the World Shatters, which explores the connection between Myanmar's jade industry and a long-running civil war.

Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., is one of 23 freshmen Democrats whom the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is endorsing in this fall's elections.

Nation's Largest Business Lobby Backs Vulnerable Democrats For Reelection

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has endorsed 30 House Democrats for reelection, the highest number of Democrats to earn the business lobby's support in at least a decade.

Signage requiring masks is on display outside of a H-E-B supermarket in Austin, Texas on March 3. Texas is one of the states lifting its mask mandate alongside other COVID-19 restrictions, against the warnings of public health experts.

As States Ease Restrictions, Study Says On-Premises Dining Linked To COVID-19 Spread

A study published Friday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that cases and deaths decreased after states enacted mask mandates and increased after they reopened on-premises dining.

Lauren Barber's home in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 16. Barber sometimes gets called or texted more than five times a day with offers from investors and companies that want to buy her house.

Hey, I want to buy your house: Homeowners besieged by unsolicited offers

Lots of speculators are jockeying to get in on the hot market. Sometime they call homeowners multiple times a day. It can be an invasive nuisance, or worse.

The U.S. wants to cut its own emissions, but plans to keep exporting fossil fuels

Even as the U.S. aims to cut climate-warming emissions at home, it still exports huge amounts of natural gas, oil and coal. That's coming in for scrutiny ahead of another global climate summit.

Festivalgoers attend a music festival at Olympic Park on June 26, 2021 in Seoul, South Korea.

South Korea seeks a path to normal life from COVID-19

South Korea is seeking a degree of normalcy by gradually easing restrictions. "We have to find a way to safely coexist with COVID-19 even if that means taking some risks," an official said.

Roman Dobrokhotov, chief editor of <em>The Insider,</em> walks surrounded by police and journalists, in Moscow on Wednesday. Police raided his home after the<em> </em>investigative news organization was designated as a "foreign agent." Last week, it became the 16th media outlet to be added to the Russian Justice Ministry's foreign agents list.

Russia's 'Foreign Agent' Law Targets Journalists, Activists, Even Ordinary Citizens

The recently expanded law says that freelance journalists, YouTube bloggers and practically anyone else who receives money from abroad and voices a political opinion can be considered a foreign agent.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at the California Economic Summit in Monterey, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021.

Gov. Gavin Newsom canceled trip for Halloween with kids

Newsom disappeared for nearly two weeks, holding no public events but spending time with his kids while working at the Capitol. Neither the governor nor his office have said why they didn’t include more details before Tuesday about where Newsom was.

Opinion: 5 steps we must take to vaccinate the world's vulnerable—and end the pandemic

Three doctors present their proposal to get vaccines to everyone in the world. "We already have the resources, knowledge and systems," they write. Global leaders just have to make it happen.

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