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A photo on social media showing Africa's second-highest mountain from Nairobi made many Kenyans cry foul. But the photo — shot on a day free of pollution, because of COVID-19 restrictions — is real.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with writer and director Alan Yang about his new film Tigertail — a movie about immigration, family and lost love.

Veterans Affairs runs nearly all active national cemeteries. But across the VA, which holds nearly 135,000 burials a year, honor guards and all ceremonies are now banned due to the coronavirus.

Texas regulators have not capped production since 1973, but some smaller producers want such a move to try and stave off bankruptcy. Oil demand and prices have crashed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Construction started on the Keystone XL pipeline in Montana, with 100-some workers coming in from across the country. Some locals, including tribal nations, worry they will bring COVID-19 with them.

The easing of shutdowns is a hot topic, as economic output is now stalled in many countries – including the U.S. But ending a shutdown too soon could backfire, the World Health Organization says.

Despite the extremely challenging conditions, which included shuttered polling places, a statewide stay-at-home order and social distancing guidelines, voter turnout was surprisingly robust.

Major League Baseball plans to test up to 10,000 players, employees and their families to detect COVID-19 antibodies. The hope is to see how prevalent the infection rate is in the general population.

Organizers of the August political convention say that they may limit the number of people in the 19,000 seat arena and require masks but emphasize there are no plans to postpone the event.

With research projects on hold due to social distancing guidelines, many scientists are being forced to decide what to do with the creatures that they study.