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With A Strong Economy, South Carolina Weathers Pandemic Despite Falling Revenue

During the coronavirus pandemic, states have struggled with staggering revenue losses and budget shortfalls. Here's what is happening in South Carolina.

Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma talks to his team during a game against Villanova in the Big East tournament on March 7, 2021. Auriemma has tested positive for the coronavirus.

NCAA Women's Basketball: UConn Again A Top Seed. But Starting Without Its Famed Coach

UConn Head Coach Geno Auerimma has tested positive for the coronavirus and won't be able to join his team until the second round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament.

People line up to receive a rapid COVID-19 test in an agricultural community in Immokalee, Fla., where the poverty rate is over 40%. Partners in Health is working with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to test, educate and vaccinate the community during the pandemic.

Rich nation, unequal health care: Why a charity that's helped Haiti is aiding the U.S.

The charity Partners in Health aims to improve health services in lower income places like Haiti and Rwanda. Now it's setting up a permanent presence in the U.S. with an $11 million federal grant.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent uses night vision goggles near Roma, Texas in August 2016. More than 100 such devices have gone missing from the Fort Hood Army post near Killeen, Texas.

Fort Hood Officials Are Searching For More Than 100 Missing Night Vision Goggles

A spokesperson confirmed to NPR that the night vision devices were reported missing on Monday and have "no immediate impact on unit readiness."

Born and raised on the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota nation in South Dakota, Dawnee LeBeau is <em>Oóhenuŋpa Itázipčo</em> (two kettle and without bows) of the <em>Tetonwan Oyate</em> (people of the plains). After losing her father, she found comfort in doing things she did with him, like identifying plants. LeBeau was doing that with family when she made this image of her niece.

The 400 Years Project Looks At Native American Identity Through The Native Lens

The 400 Years Project is a pictorial collection of Native American life. It addresses colonization while centering the Native voice.

Fishermen secure their boats to land ahead of the passage of Tropical Storm Elsa in Havana, Cuba, on July 5. Elsa made landfall in Cuba and is now headed tro Florida.

Tropical Storm Elsa Is Lashing Cuba And Has Florida Next In Its Sights

Elsa is expected to be near the Florida Keys early Tuesday and then pass near or over portions of Florida's west coast by late Tuesday and into Wednesday, forecasters say.

Workers prepare absentee ballots for mailing at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. Other states will soon follow North Carolina in sending out ballots to voters as a nearly two month-long general election voting season gets underway.

Voting Season Begins: North Carolina Mails Out First Ballots

Other states will begin doing the same over the next few weeks in an election that's expected to break all records in the number of ballots cast early and by mail.

Nicole Galloway is Missouri's state auditor and Democratic candidate for governor, challenging Republican Gov. Mike Parson, primarily on his coronavirus record. Here Galloway addresses the media while Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas looks on during a news conference Oct. 12, in Kansas City, Mo.

In 2020, Gubernatorial Elections Are All About COVID-19

The races for governor in Missouri and North Carolina may tell us if the coronavirus can make or break a state leader. Meanwhile, political strategy in Montana has tempered talk of COVID-19.

Caucus goers during last year's disastrous Iowa Democratic caucus. Democrats are now weighing whether the predominantly white, rural state should keep its prized place at the front of the presidential nominating process.

Democrats Weigh Whether Iowa Should Stay First In Line For 2024 Election

Iowa's decades-long lock on the nominating process has been under threat since last year's disastrous caucus, when results were delayed for days due in part to a faulty smartphone app.

Law enforcement officials look down from the rooftop as people gather near a press conference regarding the death of Andrew Brown Jr., in Elizabeth City, N.C.

Loved Ones Mourn Andrew Brown Jr.: 'He Kept A Smile On His Face'

As the investigation into his death continues, Andrew Brown Jr. will be remembered with a funeral in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Monday. He was fatally shot by sheriff's deputies on April 21.

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