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Monday morning, the solar system's innermost planet will begin a 5.5-hour march across the disk of the sun. All you need to see it are clear skies and access to a telescope with a sun filter.

A judge in Wisconsin has ordered the state to remove 234,000 registered voters from the rolls. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler about next steps.

Retail sales saw record drops for the second month in a row. Other categories with huge declines included a 59% dive in furniture sales and 29% decreases in department stores and gas stations.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Natalie Dean, an assistant professor of biostatistics at the University of Florida, about the real fatality rates of COVID-19 — and why estimates vary.

After delaying in-person visits because of COVID-19, Census Bureau workers are heading to unresponsive homes in Idaho, Maine and West Virginia, as well as parts of Louisiana, Missouri and Oklahoma.

The police department is investigating allegations that surfaced in an anonymous blog post. It details current and retired San Jose officers posting racist messages in a private Facebook group.

In a speech on the eve of July Fourth, the president denounced protesters who call for the removal of Confederate statues and announced he would establish a National Garden Of American Heroes.

The social network is expanding efforts to curb the spread of harmful misinformation about COVID-19 after pressure from an activist group.

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates to near-zero and announced a set of programs to help blunt the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic spreading throughout the world.

And what that means for the rest of the world. Researchers have found three likely reasons for the drop in the fatality rate.