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TikTok is helping shape a new generation's political identity. And while most politicians aren't using the app, some younger lawmakers are embracing it to try to connect with younger voters.

Tom Hanks travels from town to town in the Texas frontier a few years after the Civil War, reading newspapers to settlers. When he comes across a young girl who was kidnapped, his life changes.

The vaccine is nearly 95% effective in preventing illness, according to an interim analysis of a clinical test involving 30,000 people.

The Texas education commissioner has notified Houston's school board that he will strip it of its elected powers — a move that was widely expected but still marks an unprecedented takeover.

Jerrica Vowels of Louisville, Ky., shares her "signature song," "This Must Be The Place" by the Talking Heads. It helped her form a special connection with her daughter while she was was pregnant.

The state plans to remove people who haven't participated in recent elections or responded to official notices from voter rolls. One group that will be affected is the homeless population.

At Shenandoah University, students are learning the ins and outs of the esports business.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks again with Pisso Nseke, a Cameroonian business consultant stuck in Wuhan, China — the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Travel agencies that arrange trips to and from China are taking a hit from the coronavirus. The CDC's recommendation to avoid non-essential travel there means tourism business is at a standstill.

Engineer Alex Minot emigrated from his native France to Cleveland in mid-February for a new job. At the time, he and his wife Wendy Lovinger were aware of the coronavirus, but they weren't much concerned about it affecting their lives. "Mostly I was just afraid that airport security would be a lot longer, that clearing immigration might take longer, that I'd miss my connecting flights," he said.