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From Ashley Tisdale to Arnold Schwarzenegger, celebrities and influencers are using social media to convince people to keep a safe distance during the coronavirus outbreak.

A computer program learned to identify people thinking about suicide by studying brain activity patterns associated with words like "death" and "trouble."

Iranians facing a crackdown on protests are going for a break, or permanently, to Istanbul, where they're a little more free to talk about the situation back home.

The first doses of COVID-19 vaccines are being administered. Our Planet Money team delves into the dark web to learn more about the counterfeit vaccines that are being sold around the world.

In Italy, the youth jobless rate is nudging 40 percent, a record high in post-war history. Demographer Stefano Rosina says the Italian welfare system has always been skewed toward the middle-aged and elderly, leaving Italian youths with no political or trade union representation.

Details are emerging from the historic floods that devastated communities in southern Louisiana. At least 11 people have been reported dead, at least 40,000 homes were affected, and some 30,000 people were rescued.

The people of Manchester, England, have been remembering the victims of Monday's suicide bombing at the end of an Ariana Grande concert. The bombing killed 22 people and injured 59 more, police say.

It happened not far from the town of Chibok, where over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped in April. Audie Cornish speaks with Tim Cocks, Reuters Nigeria bureau chief, based in Lagos.

There are over 600 people still missing after the most destructive fire tore through Butte County, Calif. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Kristin Aquino who is searching for her uncle.

Health officials and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are urging Americans to wear face masks in public. NPR looks into several reasons people give for not wearing masks.