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Freda and her 9-year-old son visit the Purple People Bridge in Cincinnati. She and her five children have been living in the front room of a friend's apartment, sleeping on pads of bunched-up comforters.

Homeless Families Struggle With Impossible Choices As School Closures Continue

Parents and caregivers who are homeless face a difficult decision: Work to try to escape homelessness, or quit their jobs to help their kids with online learning.

Bay Area Headlines: Tuesday, 4/28/20, PM

California Distributes Nearly 3 Million Surgical Masks With More On The Way / San Francisco Fails To Fill Hotel Rooms For Homeless Residents / Students…

Caribou from the Porcupine caribou herd are seen migrating onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. The Interior Department hopes to conduct a lease sale for oil and gas drilling in the coastal plain by the end of 2020.

Trump Administration Moves Closer To Allowing Oil Drilling In Arctic Refuge

Environmental groups plan to sue to protect the breeding ground for caribou and polar bears. But if a drilling lease is sold, it could make it harder for a future president to reverse the move.

An election worker wears protective gloves during the Florida primary election at South Pointe Elementary School in Miami, on Tuesday.

Biden, Sanders Remarks Show How The Coronavirus Has Upended The Campaign

The coronavirus is scrambling so much of our lives at the moment, there's no surprise it's doing the same to the presidential race.

Mysterious Set Of Symptoms Related To The Coronavirus Is Appearing In Kids

The multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is now appearing in a small number of children across the country. A few patients are treated at the Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C.

South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar (left) shares a smile with President Salva Kiir after a swearing-in ceremony Saturday in the capital, Juba. Observers hope their newly forged coalition spells an end to civil war.

South Sudan Forges Unity Government, Renewing Fragile Hope For Peace

President Salva Kiir swore in his rival, rebel leader Riek Machar, as vice president on Saturday. The landmark deal could spell an end to years of violence, but it's not their first attempt.

Vice President Pence tours a GE ventilator plant in Madison, Wis., last week — one of a series of trips the White House is learning from before President Trump resumes travel.

Pence Trips Show Challenges Of Returning To Political Normal

Vice President Pence is road-testing the political and logistical hurdles the White House faces as it looks to try to return to some kind of new political normal.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change met in Incheon, South Korea, in October 2018. The pandemic has forced scientists around the world to write the latest U.N. climate report without meeting in person.

Everyone Loves The Chat Box: How Climate Science Moved Online

Scientists from around the world are writing the next major United Nations climate report. Summarizing the state of the atmosphere without meeting in person is as hard as it sounds.

Ballet dancers in Shanghai rehearse while wearing masks on March 2. A virus first identified in December has altered daily life and public spaces around the globe.

PHOTOS: Public Life Is Surreal In A Pandemic

A virus first identified in December has altered daily life and public spaces around the globe. These images capture scenes from this unnerving era.

Almanac - Tuesday 3/17/20

May The Road Rise To Meet You. It's St. Patrick's Day...Today Tuesday, the 17th of March of 2020.It is the 77th day of the year289 days remain until the…

Partial Win For Gun Regulation At Supreme Court Could Be Short-Lived

The justices threw out as moot a challenge to New York City's strict gun regulations, but gun-safety advocates worry that gains in the states may be taken away by a conservative court majority.

San Antonio Pre-K Program Seeks To Fix Achievement Gap

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sarah Baray, CEO of "Pre-K for SA," about the importance of early learning programs in mitigating education inequality.

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