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  • The U.N. says at least 2 million people have left Syria over the past 2 1/2 years, seeking refuge in other countries. More than 2,000 people have sought safety in the Gaza Strip. Some are finding work and a semblance of stability there. Others are suffering economically and emotionally but count themselves lucky to be free from military attacks.
  • After years of virtual stalemate, the Syrian government has made its largest advance into rebel-held areas of the city of Aleppo. It changes the map in the Syrian civil war.
  • Blaine County, Idaho has become a hot spot for coronavirus infections. Among the groups mobilizing to support residents is a militia that doesn't trust the federal government for disaster response.
  • The 1972 flash flood in Rapid City, S.D., killed 238 people and is considered one of the worst in U.S. history. The flood changed Rapid City forever and caused city planners around the country to rethink the way towns are laid out in flash flood-prone areas.
  • Forced to close because of the coronavirus, a pub in the North of England, has taken its popular quiz night online — and is now attracting a global audience.
  • The recent chemical attack on civilians in Syria galvanized international condemnation against the supposed perpetrator, Bashar al-Assad's regime. The U.S. is expected to take some sort of military action. But what should be the goals of the U.S. and its allies? Experts, diplomats, world leaders are weighing in — but, perhaps, nowhere else are these questions felt more deeply than among those in Syrian-American community.
  • Many schools are closed through the academic year. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Bree Dusseault of the Center on Reinventing Public Education about how distance learning varies across the U.S.
  • NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jim Goodwin, the Oklahoma Eagle publisher, about the legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre and the state of race relations today.
  • A natural gas leak in a Los Angeles community is spewing 1,200 tons of methane into the air daily. Renee Montagne talks to Mitchell Englander, the LA City Councilman who represents Porter Ranch.
  • A record 6,000 families preregistered for emergency food distribution at the San Antonio Food Bank, and when word got out on social media, another 4,000 cars showed up.
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