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About a third of the state's counties have been certified to begin Expanded Stage 2 of California's four-stage process, which allows more types of businesses to reopen.

Scientists are racing to better understand atmospheric rivers, bands of moisture that start in the tropics and can bring torrential rain to the U.S. They're projected to intensify with climate change.

A top pediatrician calls for reopening schools as soon as possible because of the negative impact the shutdown is having on students' learning and mental health.

The state of the jobs market has Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell concerned. The coronavirus pandemic has triggered the largest job losses since the Great Depression.

A long-running Australian soap opera, shuttered by the pandemic, cautiously returns to production with some new rules. Among them: no kissing.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to veteran diplomat Richard Haass, of the Council on Foreign Relations, about how the global pandemic may cause a paradigm shift among world powers and institutions.

The country singer performed four songs from her latest album, Never Will, including one of our top 25 songs of 2019.

Whitcomb, who died April 19, had the 1965 novelty hit, "You Turn Me On," but soon after devoted himself to writing books about early American popular music. Originally broadcast in 1988.

New Jersey has more than 142,700 COVID-19 cases, and the rate of positive test results is 22%. But the governor says the spread of the coronavirus has continued to slow.

The country is reopening thousands of shops after three days of no new coronavirus cases. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said New Zealand has won the "battle" against the disease.