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The wave of critical patients is expected to arrive first at Seattle-area hospitals, which have spent recent weeks trying to shore up supplies of "staff and stuff." No one is sure they have enough.

Both countries were already beset by the coronavirus. Now they must cope with the powerful cyclone, which came ashore along their border Wednesday and threatens to snarl virus response efforts.

Getting a haircut has become a rallying cry of those opposing stay-at-home orders across the U.S. A group of protesters in Michigan is now offering free haircuts on the capitol lawn.

The Census Bureau releases the first weekly results from its new survey measuring how the pandemic is affecting households around the U.S.

The pandemic has sent tax revenues falling off a cliff, leaving American cities and towns losing more and more money and forcing them to cut services and lay off workers.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out about the firing of data scientist Rebekah Jones. DeSantis attacked Jones' claims that she created the state's highly praised COVID-19 dashboard portal.

NPR's David Greene talks to Charles Mok, a lawmaker in Hong Kong's legislature, who opposes an expected security measures aimed at tightening Beijing's grip on the semi-autonomous territory.

In India, fake news can be deadly. About 20 people have been lynched by mobs, amid social media messages of kidnappers on the loose. Police are trying to teach first time smartphone users how to discern fact from fiction online.

Critic Justin Chang says the city is experiencing a renaissance moment in film. Blindspottingand Sorry to Bother Youare just two of the latest — both about young black men on quests for survival.

A partnership focused on tracking and treating elevated levels of lead in Cleveland children found 11 percent of those tested had levels higher than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s public action standard. One hundred and sixty students ages 3 to 6 in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District were tested in the spring and program directors are working to test an additional 20 students this month.