You asked about bats, pets, immunity and other hot viral topics! We’ve got answers In response to our series on spillover viruses, you had many questions: from the role of climate change to possible benefits. We turn the mic to you for a special edition of ‘Hidden Viruses.’ Read more on NPR

A music school uniting Syrian and Turkish cultures survives the massive earthquake A handful of students return to a school in Gaziantep, Turkey, that seeks to help revive old Syrian and Turkish music and integrate refugees. Read more on NPR

Intel co-founder and philanthropist Gordon Moore has died at 94 Moore also made his famous observation, now known as Moore’s Law, three years before he helped start Intel in 1968. It said the capacity and complexity of integrated circuits would double every year. Read more on NPR

1,000 people have been charged for the Capitol riot. Here’s where their cases stand More than 1,000 people have now been charged for the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. NPR has tracked every case from arrest to sentencing. Here’s what is happening to those charged. Read more on NPR

A powerful tornado has killed at least 7 people in the U.S. South The tornado tore through rural Mississippi and Alabama on Friday night, destroying buildings and knocking out power as severe weather moved through several southern states. Read more on NPR

Darcelle, the world’s oldest working drag queen, has died at 92 Walter Cole, better known as the iconic Darcelle XV, was crowned the world’s oldest working drag performer in 2016 by the Guinness Book of World Records. Off stage, Cole championed LGBTQ+ rights. Read more on NPR

A Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion has killed 2 people and left 9 missing There were two fatalities, nine people missing and several others injured by the explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in West Reading, officials said. Read more on NPR