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07-17-20 12:04 PM newscast

How much could coronavirus infections be curbed through mandatory masking, better testing and tracing, and other measures short of a return to full lockdown? Here's what mathematical models tell us.

The late J.L. Chestnut was the first Black lawyer in Selma, Ala. He was working with the NAACP at the time of the city's 1965 civil rights march. In 1990, he spoke to Fresh Air about Bloody Sunday.

Set in a Dublin maternity ward in 1918, the novel captures a city devastated by a pandemic. By diving into the terrors of the past, Emma Donoghue presciently anticipates the miseries of our present.

Three senior ministers in France are under investigation after doctors, patients and victims' families have filed almost 100 complaints, accusing them of failing to act quickly to stem the pandemic.

07-29-20 8:30 a.m. newscast

The Federal Reserve wrapped up a two-day policy meeting Wednesday. The central bank has moved aggressively to prop up the economy, but Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said more help might be needed.

Cuba has opened dollar stores, dropped a tax on dollar transactions and is promising other long-awaited economic reforms as it tries to pull itself out of a deep slump, made worse by the pandemic.

The jazz drummer records live performances and then manipulates those recordings in creative ways. His new album pulls from the pool of recordings that shaped his 2018 work, Universal Beings.

Oregon's governor says federal law enforcement has agreed to leave Portland. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security says the state must guarantee the security of the federal courthouse there.