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President Obama recently described the lack of planning for post-civil war Libya as the worst mistake of his presidency.

A 10-month budget impasse in Illinois has put funding for the state's public universities and community colleges in jeopardy.

Omaha, Nebras., has many potholes. One of them stopped a man's heart attack when the ambulance he was in hit it.

A teenager in North Carolina kept playing a video game despite seeing the roofs come off of houses nearby.

It was on this date in 1881 that composer Johannes Brahms premiered two overtures for thanks to the University of Breslau giving him an honorary doctorate in Philosophy. They were the Tragic Overture and the Academic Festival Overture. And it was on this date in 1961 that the Danish barbers' assistants settled their strike that started in 1928, the longest recorded strike ever.

Several new types of tests for coronavirus infection are being developed. One uses the revolutionary gene-editing tool called CRISPR; another measures responses from cells in saliva.

The Wall Street Journal immigration reporter Michelle Hackman and an NPR science correspondent talk about the latest executive order to suspend immigration and answer various listener questions.

Recent college graduates are facing a tough job market. Kamla Charles, career counselor at Valencia College and NPR education reporter answer questions about looking for a job in times of pandemic.

Researchers worldwide are trying to develop a vaccine to stop the spread of the coronavirus. An NPR science correspondent takes various listener questions about a potential coronavirus vaccine.

Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute Dr. Ashish Jha and an NPR science correspondent answer listener questions on the spread of the coronavirus and drugs believed to treat it.