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Sofia Camille entered the Tiny Desk Contest with the song "Sideways."

The Best 2020 Tiny Desk Contest Entries We Saw This Week: Volume 2

Our favorite Tiny Desk Contest entries this week include a playful jazz track, a tender love song, an empathetic look at city life and more.

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Ne-yarn-derthals; Icy Jungle and Barnyard Conference

Fire camps could be hazardous places for firefighters this year with COVID-19, while managers are planning hard to make them as safe as possible. But even in a normal year, firefighters say they try to avoid the "camp crud."

Fire Camp Germ Spread Is Dicey In Normal Times. COVID-19 Could Rip Through Crews This Season

Blaine Vandehey spends his summers rappelling from helicopters into active wildfires. This is his 12th year in the U.S. Forest Service. And he’s worried...

Physical and occupational therapists carry bags of personal protective equipment on their way to the room of a COVID-19 patient in a Stamford Hospital intensive care unit in Stamford, Conn., on April 24. This "prone team" turns COVID-19 patients onto their stomachs to help them breathe.

Hospital ICUs Are Adapting To COVID-19 At 'Light Speed'

With COVID-19 becoming a critical focus in hospital intensive care units, nurses, doctors and other caregivers have had to shift gears to protect staff and save patients.

Before the lockdown began, Paddy Screech moved his boat 20 miles north of London, into the countryside. In a separate boat, he runs a floating bookshop.

For U.K. Canal Boat Dwellers, Lockdown Can Be Claustrophobic — But Also Offers Escape

Boaters stress that it's not an easy way of life, with constant repairs, refills of water, gas and coal — and emptying toilets' holding tanks. But in the pandemic era, a moveable home has advantages.

Tacoma-based seafood company owners Jim and Mona Stone prepare scallops to serve to taste testers at the OSU Food Innovation Center in Portland.

Take a fresh look at frozen seafood and prepare to be surprised

If you ask American consumers whether fresh seafood or previously frozen tastes better, you are bound to get "fresh" as the answer. But blind taste...

Keystone XL protesters pose for a photo in 19-degree weather ahead of a public meeting in Billings, Mont., on Tuesday. The State Department is collecting public comments on its revised environmental impact statement for the pipeline.

State Department Solicits Comments On Keystone XL Pipeline

The public had its first and only chance to meet with State Department officials about a new environmental analysis of the Keystone XL pipeline this week. Some protesters drove hours to attend.

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Halitosaurus, Phone Phlesh, Square Meal and Cuts Corners

Goats Are Picking Up The Load For Backcountry Travelers. Some Worry About The Impact

Hikers and hunters have long relied on horses, mules and llamas to carry gear on long backcountry trips. Now, many are getting into goats. Many say they're superior, but critics see risks to wildlife.

President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands during a meeting in New York on Sept. 25, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

White House Releases Rough Transcript Of Trump's First Call With Zelenskiy

The White House released a rough transcript of a phone call Trump made to Ukraine's just-elected leader in April. It differs in key areas from how the White House described the call at the time.

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