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Live on YouTube, Bob Boilen and Bobby Carter will watch their favorites entries to the 2020 Contest and discuss what made them stand out from the thousands we saw this year.

Avoid layoffs at any cost. Set up emergency financing for states and cities to help health systems. Cut regulations to speed medical response. Those are some recommendations from leading economists.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to NATO Ambassador Julianne Smith about the alliance's annual summit, and how the U.S. plans to reassure allies that Ukraine funding will continue.

Some 2,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter warning that the U.S. lead in science is being "decimated" by the Trump administration's cuts to research.

Also: Blizzard conditions will strike parts of the northeast today; how the U.K. could punish Russia for its apparent use of a nerve agent; and UConn is the first women's NCAA basketball seed.

Also: South Korean officials will brief the U.S. on their visit to North Korea; Singapore releases a report on a deadly 2017 U.S. warship accident; and Amazon's Alexa freaks people out by laughing.

Also: Reports allege an Israeli firm sought damaging information on U.S. supporters of the Iran nuclear deal; Hawaiian volcanic lava destroys more homes; and Mrs. Trump lays out her policy agenda.

Also: Pete Rose seeks reinstatement in pro baseball; Saudi Arabia creates a news service for Iranians; and a study finds women don't die of grumpiness.

Also: Amazon Studios' leader resigns after allegations of sexual harassment; Houston reservoirs finally release the last of hurricane floodwaters; and Chinese leaders hold a major congress.