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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted about the state's economic relief for the 78,000 Ohioans who applied for unemployment in the first three days this week.

Efforts to raise taxes, change redistricting rules and legalize gaming machines have all fallen victim to social distancing rules to make it nearly impossible to collect signatures.

Libraries, gyms, coffee shops and fast food restaurants all help fill gaps in the social safety net. But with those spaces closed due to the coronavirus, unhoused people have few places to go.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews make up about 12% of Israel's population — but account for many of Israel's COVID-19 cases. This week a senior rabbi finally urged his followers to obey government lockdown orders.

A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that 27 million people have recently lost health insurance, which most people get through their jobs. Getting new coverage can be complicated.

As organizers across the country are delaying or scrapping large events due to the coronavirus, Democrats are actively weighing contingency plans for their August convention.

Stay-at-home orders have inspired many people to take on do-it-yourself projects and tackle their own home repairs. But sometimes a toolbox and YouTube videos aren't enough to prevent disasters.

The first woman composer to win an Oscar for best original score is releasing her first album of music not written for a film or stage production.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jean-Michel Blanquer, French minister of education, about how France is planning to reopen primary schools on May 11.

After weeks of urging governors to loosen restrictions, the president says he "never gave Gov. Brian Kemp an OK" to reopen barber shops and tattoo shops.