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Across the globe, the pandemic has caused a major shift in how classes are taught. But how has this shift impacted students with disabilities? Adam Meyer, UCF’s director of inclusive education and student accessibility services, joins Intersection to discuss how COVID-19 has affected the students he works with and caused professors to rethink how their courses are designed.

Experts think a whole generation of children could be affected by the problems thrown up by the pandemic--and those problems are worse for students already at risk. The special statewide reporting project, “Class of COVID-19: An Education Crisis for Florida’s Vulnerable Students,” examines the barriers to education amplified by the pandemic, including poverty, housing instability, hunger, internet access and fear of deportation.

When schools reopened last fall, they became part of a kind of national experiment. No one knew how well kids would listen to safety guidelines or how the virus might affect young students.

Twitter blocked hundreds of accounts the Indian government said were inciting violence. Then it unblocked them. Now it's stuck between Indian law and defending free speech.

A region normally warm and dry has received a rare blanket of snow, bringing snowball games and otherworldly images to city streets, religious shrines and archeological sites.

Use NPR's tool to find out where to start when it's your turn to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Plus helpful advice about how to navigate the system.

This is a rough week for anyone who cares about local news.On Tuesday it was announced that the Tribune Company, parent of the Orlando Sentinel, will be…

The House Financial Services Committee is convening a noon hearing to ask questions of major players touching several facets of the GameStop and meme stock story.

Scientists were able to recover DNA more than a million years old from the teeth of Siberian mammoths. A genetic analysis gives clues to the subsequent rise of mammoths in North America.

Edward R. Shaw, a World War II veteran, recently died after contracting COVID-19. He was 98 years old.