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Many Americans are still working from home, but some are heading back to in-person work.

Vaccines In, Masks Off: Does This Mean It's Time To Go Back To The Office?

The future of work remains uncertain even as more people are vaccinated. NPR wants to know what your work environment has looked like over the past year and what you think about returning to offices.

A syringe containing a dose of a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine sits in a container during a vaccine clinic at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The state is the first in the nation to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to any resident 16 or older.

Alaska Opens Vaccines To Everyone Over 16

Gov. Mike Dunleavy says COVID-19 vaccines are now available to anyone age 16 and older who lives or works in the state.

A shopper walks past a mostly bare shelf as people stock up on necessities at the H-E-B grocery store in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 18. A devastating winter storm that hit the middle of the country last month helped send retail sales tumbling.

'This Was Bad': Retail Sales Suffer Big Chill In February Amid Stormy Weather

Retail sales dropped sharply last month after a winter storm blanketed much of the country's midsection, but forecasters expect a sharp rebound in sales.

A man rides a bicycle on an empty street amid lockdown restrictions due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Hanoi on May 10. On Saturday, Vietnam's health ministry announced the discovery of a new coronavirus variant in the country.

Vietnam Detects New Highly Transmissible Coronavirus Variant

Vietnam's health ministry announced the discovery of the new variant on Saturday that has characteristics of two other strains. The country is currently dealing with a recent spike in infections.

<em>Who?</em> by Sharon Yang, 10, a fifth-grader in Brooklyn. Of this work, she says: "I put a lot of effort in my artwork to make the texture on the tree and the feathers on the owl."

Kids' Art Show Takes Over 2 Billboards In Times Square

Through the weekend, art by 23 public school students will be seen on two large billboards in the heart of New York City.

People line up at an ATM outside a National Bank branch in Athens last month. Greek bank deposits fell by $6.3 billion in April and on Friday, people withdrew more than $1 billion in a single day.

Greece Pledges New Proposal To Resolve Debt Crisis

The European Central Bank gave Greece an emergency loan of more than $2 billion on Friday to stave off collapse, but a June 30 deadline looms for payment on the next installment of an IMF loan.

Supporters celebrate early election results outside the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) headquarters in Istanbul. The ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, has lost its majority according to preliminary results.

Turkey's Ruling Party Will Lose Its Majority, Preliminary Results Show

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's governing Justice and Development Party was hoping to secure a big majority, but instead may be forced to share power with its rival.

Federal Data Shows Firefighting Chemicals In U.S. Drinking Water Sources

The study finds, in many cases, amounts barely higher than government guidelines allow, but significant levels in 66 water supplies. The chemicals are very persistent once in the environment.

Capital Improvement Board Unveils Downtown Event Center Designs, Cost Estimate

The Allen County-Fort Wayne Capital Improvement Board unveiled schematic designs and cost estimates for a potential downtown event center Thursday…

U.S. Markets End Slump, Posting Large Gains As Dow Rises 619 Points

Both the Dow Jones index and the S&P 500 saw gains of nearly 4 percent; the Nasdaq index rose even higher.

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