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Longtime New York Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel faces a strong primary challenge this week from progressive candidate Jamaal Bowman.

Tuesday's Democratic primary to choose who takes on Sen. Mitch McConnell this fall is suddenly competitive. Ex-Marine pilot Amy McGrath faces Charles Booker, an African American progressive.

NASCAR releases picture of the noose found in driver Bubba Wallace's garage at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. The organization also completed its investigation into what happened.

The Tanglewood Music Festival and Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art bring the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts up to $150 million every year. But this year both of them are closed.

Crowds have seized supplies for ill relatives, and officials warn the health system could collapse. "This is a war against the coronavirus and we have lost the war," says an Iraqi official.

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.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Allie Funk, Senior Research Analyst for Tech and Democracy at Freedom House, about the use of internet surveillance during protests.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with law professor Emily Benfer about what local and federal officials need to do to avoid a housing crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Darryll Pines, a new president of the University of Maryland, about him stepping into the position in the middle of the pandemic and economic crisis.

Brendon Ayanbadejo, an equal rights activist who faced criticism for his own outspokenness while playing for the Baltimore Ravens, wishes the NFL's move to embrace protesting athletes came sooner.