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Rumors and untruths are spreading online — from conspiracy theories about the origin of the virus to outlandish treatments.

We checked in with educators to see what tools their students are using to create entries for NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.

School counselors say the coronavirus pandemic has so destabilized kids' lives that the result is genuinely traumatic. And closed schools make it harder for counselors to help.

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The U.S. has largely failed to stop Chinese cybertheft of U.S. companies, but the companies themselves led the charge in keeping it under wraps.

Amazon's plans include being carbon-neutral by 2040 and buying 100,000 electric delivery vans. It faced outcry from workers, hundreds of whom planned to join the Global Climate Strike on Friday.

Most schooling has been offered online this semester. Teachers are working hard to improve that experience, but many students are still left behind.

With a smaller size, screen and price tag, the new iPhone SE looks and feels like the models of yore that actually fit in a pocket.

Brad Smith says governments need to step in and set rules for the Internet giants. "Almost no technology has gone so entirely unregulated, for so long, as digital technology," he says.

In the pandemic, a third of Americans struggle to pay usual costs, even some earning over $100,000. But living on the edge financially is nothing new in the U.S. Three households share their budgets.