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Retail sales jumped nearly 10% in March, as shoppers, flush with $1,400 relief payments, are feeling more confident about venturing out. Weekly unemployment claims dropped to a pandemic low.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Rahm Emanuel, the former U.S. ambassador to Japan, about President Trump's priorities as he meets Japan's new prime minister.

Seaweed can potentially help fight climate change. Research shows that a specific type of seaweed can cut cows' methane production by up to 98%.

The governors of California and New York have sounded the alarm that hospitals may be overwhelmed this winter if COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise.

After WWI and the flu epidemic, pent-up demand led to crowds of fans wanting to see baseball games. Now people wonder if pent-up demand will do something similar for industries hard hit by COVID-19.

A dreamy woman in white painted by James McNeill Whistler is the center of a new show at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

The new Apple TV+ drama Severance asks what might happen if a corporation discovered how to disconnect employees' work and non-work memories.

Hipgnosis Songs Fund announced it has acquired a 50% interest in Neil Young's catalogue of 1,180 songs. Hipgnosis also has made deals with producer Jimmy Iovine and musician Lindsey Buckingham.

A Texas House report issues blame for failures in Uvalde. Steve Bannon goes on trial Monday for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 panel. Ukraine's president fires two top officials.

The U.S. government is telling Americans it's "past time" to leave Ukraine. But James Berk, an optician from New Jersey, has a Ukrainian wife and a newborn baby. For now, they're staying put.