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NPR's chief economics correspondent takes listener questions about the state of the U.S. economy during the coronavirus pandemic.

About a third of the state's counties have been certified to begin Expanded Stage 2 of California's four-stage process, which allows more types of businesses to reopen.

Rick Bright, who filed a complaint after being removed from his government post working on the coronavirus, said he raised alarms about critical supply shortages early on.

The former vice president says he'll pick a woman. California Sen. Kamala Harris, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham are on the list of candidates.

A top pediatrician calls for reopening schools as soon as possible because of the negative impact the shutdown is having on students' learning and mental health.

Scientists are racing to better understand atmospheric rivers, bands of moisture that start in the tropics and can bring torrential rain to the U.S. They're projected to intensify with climate change.

Representatives from a number of states said the list provided to them for coronavirus testing contained labs that they already knew about, or ones that weren't approved for the testing.

Nearly 3 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department says. It's the latest grim sign of the economic damage from the coronavirus crisis.

The novel coronavirus is the world's most pressing health concern. But other threats remain — and are heightened by this current crisis.

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., is stepping aside during the Justice Department's investigation, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement Thursday.