Emma Bowman

Despite the health risks, Dan Flynn left California to New York with a national mortuary response team last month. His daughter tells him how he inspired her to go into medicine.

Upright Citizens Brigade, the improv mainstay and launchpad for many comics, will no longer have a physical space in New York City. Despite UCB's flaws, "people are grieving," a former UCBer says.

As of this week, 83 workers with New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority died from COVID-19. Two bus operators talk about the crushing loss they've witnessed in their field.

A 51-year-old suspected gunman is dead after leading police on a chase across the northern part of the Canadian province, authorities said.

The global virtual event starts at 8 p.m. ET. Curated by Lady Gaga, the special promises performances from Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Billie Eilish.

Sam Dow and Josh Belser are working in different cities amid the coronavirus pandemic. "I'm not at all surprised that we both ended up working in health care," Belser said in a StoryCorps interview.

Health care workers in short supply are reusing N95 masks amid the pandemic. Peter Tsai, who developed its virus-blocking filter, is trying to find a disinfection method that doesn't degrade the mask.

An infectious disease specialist says there's no evidence that people with facial hair carry a higher risk of infection or transmission of the coronavirus, as long as they practice diligent hygiene.

Many companies' employees are working from home during the coronavirus. Alexander Urbelis, hacker-turned-information-security attorney, says the remote working environment is a hacker's paradise.

Lillian Bloodworth, now 92, says when she first started to give blood, other donors would read her name tag and ask if that was really her name or if it was a gimmick for the blood bank.

Nick Clegg, vice president of global affairs and communications, says the company will work to remove coronavirus-related information that has the potential to cause physical harm.

Ruth Owens worked for four decades as a nurse in Tennessee, inspiring family to go into the profession. "I love people, and I love to help them — physically, mentally, spiritually," Owens said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is warning against events such as "conferences, festivals, parades, concerts, sporting events, weddings, and other types of assemblies."

The result, according the White House, comes after Trump had been in contact with people who later tested positive.

In 1970, New York letter carrier Tom Germano walked out with fellow postal workers across the U.S. to demand better pay. The public was supportive, he said. "You knew them. ... We shared their lives."

Olivia Hooker advocated for the military to open its doors to women of color. But even after policies started to change, "nobody seemed to be joining," she said. So she decided to join herself.

In a scathing order, Judge Amy Berman Jackson refused to disqualify herself, two days after the longtime Trump ally's defense team argued that Jackson was biased against him.

California district attorneys are using an algorithm to expunge some 85,000 marijuana-related convictions. The tech identifies eligible cases, allowing prosecutors to comply with Prop 64.

Shig Yabu rescued a bird when he was a young boy detained at a Japanese relocation camp in Wyoming. "She was so compassionate with the internees," he said. "I don't think she realized she was a bird."

At StoryCorps, Eddie Chang tells his daughter Tria how he finds comfort in the pain surrounding her mother's death: "When you stop grieving is when you start losing contact with the person."