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NPR's Scott Simon recounts how two seemingly different news stories share a common theme of hope.

In our regular segment, "New Normal," Nautica Nolden talks about her experience quarantining in her dorm room at New York University for two weeks.

In our regular segment "New Normal," we hear from Trish Campa, a public school cafeteria worker from rural Nebraska.

TikTok is known as an app where kids show off dance moves. We meet a woman from Nebraska who has become an improbable star, the "Mom of TikTok."

Chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura uses the video-streaming site Twitch to teach others the game. During quarantine he's amassed over 350,000 followers, and renewed interest in the century-old game.

NPR's Noel King talks to Leila Molana-Allen, a reporter for TV network France 24, about the recovery effort following last month's deadly massive explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

The annual Pint of Science festival sees scientists and local communities gather in bars, cafes and other places to talk science. But in 2020, the festival will be online due to the pandemic.

While tear gas and rage get most of the attention in the demonstrations, there are also tender and hopeful moments — including singing, poetry, and talk of healing — taking place.

Police in Millersburg got a closer look at the license plate after they made a traffic stop. It looked fine from a distance, but they found the numbers on the plates were made with a marker.

Media in Belarus report the country's opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova was abducted by masked men and hauled away in a van Monday morning while walking in the capital city Minsk.