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While Michigan experiences another spike in COVID-19 cases, the northern part of the state is seeing high numbers of cases for the first time. Residents there are starting to adopt new protocols.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Nikki Day from Hinton, West Virginia. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WVPR in Beckley.)

From Minnesota Public Radio, reporter Euan Kerr reports on an unusual new production that emphasizes the comedic qualities of Shakespeare's Hamlet. It's being mounted by an innovative Franco-American troupe called Theater de la Jeune Lune.

The new government in Belgrade has been restrained in its reaction to attacks by ethnic Albanian insurgents in the Presevo Valley region, but the rebels have become more brazen. Three Serbian police were killed in mid-February in a landmine attack blamed on the rebels, and the insurgents are also suspected in an even more deadly attack on Serb civilians whose bus was blown up in Kosovo. At some point the Serb public will demand that its government take tough, swift action against the rebels. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

The centerpiece of Copeland's latest album is a song born from the wreckage of the Clotilda — the last known slave ship to smuggle African captives to the United States.

A new, dire record: the U.S. has topped 9 million coronavirus infections. Hospitals are overwhelmed in some areas of the country, while others are preparing for a new influx of COVID-19 patients.

Kathleen Berger loved the diet soda Tab. So when she died from COVID-19, her children got their hands on enough cans to toast her. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to her daughter, Sarah Berger Kennie.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Roxanna Moritz, Elections Commissioner for Scott County, Iowa, about in-person voting in a state where coronavirus infection numbers are rising.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to China military expert Oriana Skylar Mastro about escalating tensions between China and Taiwan.

An unprecedented number of Americans have already cast their ballots in the 2020 election. But legal fights and other concerns are making some people nervous about Election Day and beyond.