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The theme of the last couple of days is closures, from public schools to ski resorts to Portland's alternative weeklies. And on the horizon, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown deciding whether to close bars and restaurants in an attempt to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Officials announce a new strategy to create more hospital capacity for a growing number of coronavirus patients. It includes joint operations in the Portland area and delaying other types of care.

An Australian singer-songwriter with a gift for deadpan observation and deftly deployed guitar licks, Carla Geneve sneaks up on you.

Derince plays a stringed instrument called an elektrobağlama — think of a long-necked, amplified lute — that lends his arrangements a springy sense of playfulness

Tomás del Real's songs possess the gentle sway of the Chilean folk music in which he's steeped, but they're also burnished with notes of jazz and influences that stretch to the U.S. and Europe.

Rasmus Littauer calls himself School of X as a tribute to the experimental 1960s Copenhagen art collective of the same name, but his arty aspirations don't drown out his pop sensibilities.

Affection pours out of the Welsh indie-pop band The School — affection for classic '60s girl-group pop, sunny springtime harmonies and lyrics that yearn with maximum sweetness.

After the White House downplayed the coronavirus threat in the past month, the number of Republicans saying it has been blown out of proportion jumped, according to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with economist Carmen Reinhart about the volatility effecting markets around the world as the coronavirus pandemic spreads.

Using advanced techniques such as scanning electron microscopes, a team of researchers concluded that all 16 scroll fragments at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., are modern forgeries.