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The Cook County Jail has the largest outbreak of the coronavirus behind bars, with more than 400 staff and inmates infected. They've offered early release to ease overcrowding, but the risk remains.

As venues across the country have shut down in response to the coronavirus, some theaters have made archival videos of the closed productions available online, for the cost of a ticket.

For National Poetry Month, NPR's Life Kit team offers some tips to help you better appreciate the art form — and encourages listeners to write their own haikus.

Thailand has nearly 3,800 domesticated elephants, most kept in camps. There are fears that many will suffer during what is expected to be a time of prolonged severe economic hardship.

The order was announced shortly before it took effect midnight Friday, drawing crowds of last-minute shoppers in cities such as Istanbul. Turkey has reported over 47,000 confirmed cases of the virus.

Like many other gold rush communities in Northern California, Yreka had a substantial Chinese community complete with gaming houses, shops, washhouses,…

"I didn't know if each night I would deteriorate and have to go in the hospital, or whether I would survive the night," says Michael Saag, an epidemiologist at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Saturday that the nation's largest school district would not reopen until September. Shortly afterward, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it is a state decision.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state is flattening the curve, but daily deaths have stabilized at a "horrific rate."

A Texas doctor defends his decision to give dozens of coronavirus patients hydroxychloroquine, in some cases without telling their families first.