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Shannon Ranta and her family are spending plenty of time at home during the coronavirus pandemic, and they have two rescue pets to keep them company: a bunny and an American bulldog-boxer mix named Crova.

When David L. Munnell started working at a West Side supermarket in 2018, he saw it as a day job to support his main avocation of acting and directing theater. Now, with the coronavirus crisis shuttering all but "essential" businesses, he finds himself on the frontlines of a public crisis. "It's pretty funny that before [the coronavirus], this was a pretty bottom-rung-of-the-ladder job," he said. "But now that we are in a crisis, the job is essential."

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Michelle Singletary, who writes about personal finance for The Washington Post, about what people can do during the coronavirus outbreak to ensure more financial security.

Many food establishments are facing tough choices as they approach the third week of Ohio's shutdown of bars and dine-in restaurants. In the Columbus…

Like most aspects of life, art therapy is changing during the pandemic, leading therapists to devise new ways to serve their clients. Those changes include helping people with increased anxiety. “I feel like I'm working nonstop now, because the need is so great for people to talk about their experiences, and, you know, their depression and anxiety,” said Katherine Jackson, an art therapist and associate professor at Ursuline College. “Things have escalated quite a bit for individuals during this time.”

Nina Domingue-Glover has acted in, directed and had her plays produced by numerous Northeast Ohio theater companies including Karamu House, Cleveland Public Theatre, Dobama, Cleveland Playhouse and Talespinner Children’s Theater. However, the closing of non-essential businesses which includes theaters has currently brought down the curtain, for the most part, on Domingue-Glover’s normally very active career.

Jackie Stockton and daughter Alice Stockton-Rossini recovered from the virus that killed friends and a relative. Faith and the ability to take life "one minute at a time" help the women persevere.

Steve Inskeep talks to Joshua McElwee, Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, about Pope Francis accepting the resignation of three Chilean bishops following a sex abuse scandal.

Temperature records have been broken around the globe. In North America, tens of millions of residents have been under watches, advisories and warnings.

North Korea turned over 55 boxes containing, in the words of the Pentagon, "possible remains of missing DoD personnel" from the Korean War. The remains will arrive in Hawaii next week for forensic analysis.