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Major stock indexes were down around 20% from their peaks in February, signaling an end to the 11-year bull market as investors fear the worst about the coronavirus pandemic.

Louisiana is postponing its primary vote in April due to the coronavirus outbreak. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Louisiana Secretary of State R. Kyle Ardoin about the decision.

The burger chain and other large businesses were able to get the money because the program covers any company with fewer than 500 workers in a single location.

Government orders to restrict religious gatherings have emerged as a new religious freedom issue. Churches have filed lawsuits claiming that such restrictions violate the First Amendment.

How might a pandemic affect racial prejudice? A new study finds that living in a region with higher infectious disease rates is linked to greater racial prejudice.

Organized crime will exploit growing desperation, warns a prosecutor: "The mafias always gravitate toward money, and they're constantly trying to improve their image in the eyes of ordinary citizens."

Elyria’s Jessica Zevotek said her three older children were “devastated” when they learned they wouldn’t be able to attend the Elyria Arts Council’s kids art drop-in program because of restrictions on gatherings due to the coronavirus. Zevotek, a mother of four kids ranging in age from 11 to 2, said her kids really look forward to the bimonthly chance to make art . “It doesn't go more than a day that we have the kids ask, ‘When we can finish the projects that we started?’” Zevotek said.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to be in Tulsa, Okla., for President Trump's first campaign rally in months. Health officials are concerned the gathering will further spread the coronavirus.

Welsh actor Matthew Rhys stars in the HBO version of the 1960s legal drama. This Perry Mason is a seamy, slovenly private eye in 1932 Los Angeles. "He doesn't fit in in any way," Rhys says.

Ramadan during the coronavirus pandemic has meant Muslims abandoning traditions of dinner gatherings and evening prayers at mosques. But many communities have taken celebrations online.