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NPR's Chris Arnold sits down in the barber's chair as his 65-year-old hairstylist tells him about working 13-hour days, as he worries about catching the coronavirus.

Family violence increases in places that have been severely burned in bushfires, Australian research finds. The isolation and financial stress of COVID-19 appear to be exacerbating the problem.

NPR's David Greene talks to Mark Trahant, editor of Indian Country Today, about what the Dakota Access Pipeline shutdown means for activists, and where the court battle goes from here.

A confirmation of the ship's identity will make it the first Renaissance-era ship with its hull timbers intact. It was one of the largest Italian merchant vessels of its time when it went down.

Armed militias have become a feature at anti-quarantine protests, racial justice marches and monument removals. But after a shooting in Albuquerque, locals say militias are disturbing the peace.

As protests continue in Portland, federal law enforcement officers and agents from outside the area have been deployed to help protect federal buildings and personnel.

The administration acknowledges the risk of students spreading the contagion to vulnerable populations but emphasizes that school closures disrupt "critical services to children and their families."

U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a co-owner of the Atlanta Dream, wrote a letter to the WNBA saying she was "incredibly disappointed" that the league would align itself with the Black Lives Matter movement.

President Trump said the U.S. targeted Iran's Qassem Soleimani because of an imminent threat. A U.N. investigator says the U.S. has produced no evidence to back that up.

Siegal Sadetzki said Tuesday that Israeli leaders ignored her warnings and the country reopened too fast. "The compass handling the pandemic lost its direction," she said in her resignation letter.