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The demand for at-home COVID-19 tests has increased substantially as the omicron variant surges to record highs.

Commentator Dawn Trice remembers her childhood home -- a middle-class apartment complex located on the south side of Chicago. Sandwiched between a low-income housing project and an upscale-gated community -- her old neighborhood has seen major changes over the last few decades.

President Bush lends support to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay during a visit to their home state of Texas. DeLay, in political hot water over allegations of ethics violations, joined the president in Galveston at a roundtable discussion of Social Security. Bush praised an alternative to Social Security used by county employees in Galveston.

A handful of residents in New London, Conn. are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to save their homes. The city wants to level the modest neighborhood and redevelop the area as a way to improve its tax base. Diane Orson from WNPR in New Haven reports on the conflict over eminent domain.

Guitarist and founding member of the Country Gentlemen, Charlie Waller died Wednesday at his home in Virginia at age 69 of an apparent heart attack. Waller founded The Country Gentlemen in 1957 in Washington, D.C.; the group garnered nearly 70 awards within the music community as they helped popularize country and bluegrass music.

New York City's subway is one of the few underground transit systems to stay open 24 hours. That's nice for bleary-eyed revelers and late-shift workers heading home. But it's difficult for the people who clean and repair the system between trains. NPR's Robert Smith reports.

This week many members of Congress are holding town meetings in their home districts where the primary topic is President Bush's plan to overhaul Social Security. Rep. Chris Chocola (R-IN) is holding seven town meetings in his sprawling northern Indiana district, and faced some skepticism from attendees.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Adeed Dawisha, professor of political science at Miami University, Ohio, about the region in Iraq commonly referred to as the Sunni triangle. Dawisha says the area, which more closely resembles a rectangle, is home to only 2% of the Iraqi population, but roughly two-thirds of all attacks on U.S. troops occur there.

Screen legend Katharine Hepburn died Sunday at her home in Saybrook, Conn. She was 96. Although most people remember Hepburn for her film roles, the actress began her career on Broadway. Even after becoming a Hollywood star, she continued to appear on stage frequently. NPR's Bob Mondello saw Hepburn perform live twice and offers an appreciation.

The outer bands of Hurricane Isabel sweep along the coast of North Carolina and Virginia as the storm nears landfall. Tens of thousands of people have evacuated, and tens of thousands of homes are without power. Forecasters says the storm will bring heavy rain, damaging gusts and potential flooding to several mid-Atlantic states. Hear NPR's Adam Hochberg.