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Marissa Lovell had hoped to buy her small Boise, Idaho, rental home until the price shot up by nearly $100,000 amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Homebuyers Squeezed As Western States See Prices Double Or More In Last Decade

The pandemic has made the housing market even tighter in the mountain West, where first-time buyers are trying to decide whether this is just the future or a bubble headed eventually for a bust.

Marcia Fudge Picked To Head U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness

The agency's focus will be different from the Trump administration, which fired the head of the interagency council on homelessness and replaced him with an advocate for a more punitive approach.

President Biden directed the intelligence agencies to look for evidence of an accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (pictured). Many scientists still think its more likely the virus came form the wild.

Many Scientists Still Think The Coronavirus Came From Nature

President Biden told U.S. intelligence agencies to investigate whether the coronavirus spread after a lab leak in China. Scientists welcome the request, but many still think it came from the wild.

Microsoft says the same group that breached the software company SolarWinds seems to have launched another hack, this time using phishing attacks on a number of human rights agencies, including the U.S. Agency for International Development.

What Microsoft Officials Know About Russia's Phishing Hack Targeting USAID

The Russian group that attacked SolarWinds focused on another government supplier in its latest hack: an email marketing company used by the U.S. Agency for International Development, Microsoft said.

Amid Growing Anti-Asian Racism, A Call For More Research Into Its Health Effects

Many Asian Americans live daily with the corrosive effects of racism and racialized violence, yet there's very little research funded on Asian American health.

Voters head to the polls in Ohio's Licking County in 2018. Former President Donald Trump won 63% of the vote in the county in last year's presidential election, en route to easily carrying the state for the second time.

Much Of Ohio Is Trump Country. And That Complicates Things For The GOP

GOP politics in Ohio has changed in the Trump era. And a trip to the state reveals some mixed views among Republicans about the outsized influence Trump retains in the state.

A young, red-handed tamarin monkey. Some of these monkeys are changing their vocal call to better communicate with another species of tamarin.

Scientists Say These Monkeys Use An 'Accent' To Communicate With Their Foe

In the Amazon rainforest, one species of monkey changed their territorial call to better communicate with a competing species.

Bretto Jackson runs a program called Leaders Become Legends in Portland, Ore. He and a partner mentor people involved in gun violence and help them get jobs in green energy.

Startup Helps Those Affected By Gangs And Gun Violence Find A Way Out

One small startup in Portland, Ore., is helping place former gang members and others involved in gun violence into well-paying green energy jobs.

Carnival Cruise Line ships docked at the Port of Tampa in Tampa, Fla., in March 2020 following the CDC coronavirus No Sail Order. A Celebrity Cruises ship has received CDC permission to operate the first cruise from a U.S. port since the No Sail Order.

The Buffet Can Stay: What The Future Of The Cruise Line Industry Looks Like

The first post-pandemic cruise from a U.S. port will embark next month. Despite CDC measures, the go-ahead puts wind in the sails of cruise lines, which have high hopes for an in-demand industry.

The U.S. Has Banned Seafood From A Chinese Company Over Suspicions Of Forced Labor

The import ban followed a year-long investigation that uncovered what officials called signs of forced labor within the company's fishing fleet, including physical violence and witholding of wages.

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