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Meditation expert Sharon Salzberg guesses if Hamiltonlyrics are historically accurate. For example: Alexander Hamilton probably didn't know how to rap.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with pediatrician Cara Natterson about how the coronavirus pandemic — and our response to it — is affecting kids in a key developmental age group: middle school.

When Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools revealed that this year’s enrollment was down by almost 7,000 students, the drop of almost 5% seemed shocking. Officials had suspected the all-remote opening would send some families in search of other options, but they didn’t anticipate that many.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to comedian Jimmy O. Yang about his new hour-long comedy special "Good Deal" on Amazon Prime.

New Yorkers are urged to stay home for the holidays. Tens of millions of Americans vote early during the home stretch before Election Day.

Misty Donaldson-Urriola and Edgar Urriola are recently divorced, but they're still close and raising three sons together. In March, Edgar wound up hospitalized on a ventilator. Then the kids got it.

Former Vice President Joe Biden personally responded on Friday to the allegation of a sexual assault made by a former Senate staffer. He is denying it and offering to release personnel records.

Stay-at-home orders have upended plans by community groups to promote the 2020 census at in-person events. Census advocates are now trying out creative but socially distant ways to promote the count.

Taking care of your grooming can be a critical piece of your psychological health. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to The Cut's beauty director, Kathleen Hou, about people's pandemic beauty regimens.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to U.K. broadcaster Johnnie Walker about Ronan O'Rahilly, the founder of the pirate Radio Caroline, who died on April 20 at the age of 79.

Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, now 90, has a gift for making riveting cinema from the minutiae of the everyday. His latest is a four-and-a-half hour documentary starring Boston City Hall, pre-COVID-19.

A New Orleans physician Dr. Jay Miller is weakened by a case of COVID-19. Meanwhile, his wife is pregnant with the couple's first child and had to leave town to stay with her mother.

To stop COVID-19 infections, hospitals set tight restrictions on visitors. That's especially challenging for elderly patients or those with disabilities who can't speak or communicate without help.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to USA Today reporter Nicquel Terry Ellis in Atlanta about the arrest of two white men in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black jogger in Brunswick, Ga.

Either presidential candidate could win North Carolina in this upcoming election. But a Trump or Biden win could come down to the number of Black voters.

State law enforcement authorities in Georgia say they will investigate the February shooting death of a black jogger. A video was released this week showing the shooting.

India says 20 of its troops are dead after a confrontation with Chinese soldiers on the two countries' disputed border, high in the Himalayas. It was the first deadly clash there in decades.

A massive snapping turtle surprised Virginians when he was seen on the streets. He eventually found a new home at the Virginia Zoo. Police think the turtle, named Lord Fairfax, is an abandoned pet.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Rose Liberto, a nurse at Atrium Health North East Hospital in Charlotte, N.C., who died of COVID-19. She was 64.

NPR's Mara Liasson talks about multiple coronavirus cases in the White House, including Vice President Pence's press secretary. Plus, plans for reopening the economy.