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NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Chryl Laird, associate professor of government at Bowdoin College, about the African American electorate in the 2020 election.

A cruise ship traveling from Hawaii is being kept off the California coast until sick passengers and crew can be tested for coronavirus. A previous passenger of the ship has died of COVID-19.

A respirator is a central piece of protective gear vital for keeping health care workers healthy — but wearing one incorrectly can put the wearer at risk.

New coronavirus cases emerge across the country. Michigan is the biggest of the six primary states voting next week. And, a cease-fire between Turkey and Russia is in effect in northwestern Syria.

It turns out this dream scenario was just an accident. According to The Telegraph in Britain, the silo at a local winery was leaking into the village's water supply. The problem has been resolved.

Questions about famous brothers and sisters are delivered as if the siblings were in a boxing match.

Electro-pop musician and composer Dan Deacon talks about his love of audience participation and plays a game about well-regarded board games with mundane themes.

An NPR analysis of 1,200 counties across five key demographics offers a first look at how a diverse swath of the country is voting so far in the Democratic presidential primary race.

Afghanistan's president is resisting a promised prisoner swap, the Taliban has resumed attacks, but U.S. officials are pushing both sides to sit down for a political settlement to end the war.

Questions are coming up as travelers cope with the threat of COVID-19. Here are some answers that may help.