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Coach Elie Rwirangira conducts a basketball lesson through a live-streaming session at YBDL Campus in Shanghai, China on March 12. Many people and companies are providing free online classes to stay fit.

Getting Bored? Here's A List Of Free Things That Weren't Free Before Coronavirus

From Broadway plays to playwrights giving writing lessons to online courses from Ivy League schools, here's a look at some things (but not everything!) that have suddenly become free.

Highway sign that reads, "Puff, puff? Pass the keys to a designated driver."

Humorous Highway Signs Aim To Steer Drivers Safely Down The Old Town Road

Puns and funny references have become staples on highway message boards across the country. What's behind these roadside bits, and are they making drivers behave any differently?

Billy Barr lives in Gothic, Colo., a silver mining town that was abandoned more than 100 years ago.

Tips From Someone With 50 Years Of Social Distancing Experience

Billy Barr has living alone in a cabin in a Colorado mountain ghost town for 50 years. He offers advice on how to find and maintain happiness in isolation.

In this file photo, an iPhone displays the apps for Facebook and Messenger.

Business Report: Facebook Under Government Scrutiny

Dozens of states join in an antitrust case involving Facebook; Qualcomm announces a new venture capital fund for innovations in 5G technology; and SeaWorld plans to transform its Aquatica water park in Chula Vista into a Sesame Street theme park.

Vice President Pence speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force at the White House Tuesday.

Transcript Of NPR's Full Interview With Vice President Pence

Vice President Pence talked to NPR's Steve Inskeep about the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus.

On April 3, Iraqi volunteers in full hazmat gear prayed over the coffin of a 50-year-old who died of COVID-19. She was buried at a cemetery specifically opened for such deaths, some 12 miles from the holy city of Najaf.

Coronavirus Is Changing The Rituals Of Death For Many Religions

The virus is upending burial traditions across cultures, from the washing of the body of a loved one in Iraq to the gathering of mourners in Israel.

Navy veteran Larry McMinn relaxes before receiving a ketamine treatment at Kadima Neuropsychiatry Institute in La Jolla, May 15, 2020.

'A Train Wreck In Slow Motion': San Diego VA Takes Suicidal Vets Off Treatment

Ketamine has shown promise in derailing suicidal thoughts among patients resistant to other treatments. The San Diego VA has started pulling veterans off the drug to treat them instead with a controversial nasal spray promoted by President Trump.

As Super Tuesday approaches, Denver resident KSue Anderson can't stop thinking about climate change. Between 2014 and 2019, the number of Americans alarmed about climate change nearly tripled according to the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

Democratic Primary Voters Increasingly Worried About Climate Change

More than a decade ago, the issue seemed distant to Americans' experiences. But now polls show a dramatic rise in concern, driven partly by extreme weather.

Carol Day, a lay volunteer at Centenary Methodist Church in Shady Side, Md., invites passers by to stop for a blessing.

'We Can't Anoint The Sick': Faith Leaders Seek New Approaches To Pastoral Care

Many churches have moved worship services online, but there are some problems technology can't solve. Pastoral associate Kathie Amidei says she must find new ways "to be a conduit of God's love."

China Used Twitter To Disrupt Hong Kong Protests, But Efforts Began Years Earlier

Social media networks banned hundreds of thousands of accounts last month. In NPR's assessment of the data, telling details begin to depict large disinformation campaigns.

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