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Scott Simon speaks to journalist Umaru Fofana about the deadly tanker explosion outside Freetown, Sierra Leone today.

Nearly 17 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in recent weeks, but a large portion have yet to receive any money. Freelancers and gig workers face some of the longest delays.

Sexual assault convictions have been handed down to some Egyptian men, after several women were attacked during celebrations for incoming President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Bombs rock three hotels in the downtown area of Jordan's capital, Amman. More than 50 deaths have been reported and more than 100 have been wounded after the near-simultaneous blasts at the Grand Hyatt, the Radisson SAS Hotel and the Days Inn.

Pakistan has blamed the death of 11 of its troops on a U.S.-led coalition attack on the border with Afghanistan. It called the strike cowardly and unprovoked. The U.S. military says rockets were fired from Afghanistan into Pakistan, after allied troops came under attack.

Jennifer Ouellette's new book is Black Bodies and Quantum Cats, subtitled "Tales from the Annals of Physics." The author tells Liane Hansen she hopes readers will see that physics is more than a cold, hard discipline: It has emotional content.

More than 60 journalists and media workers have been killed so far, most of them Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Gaza's journalists have reported while also suffering personal losses.

Renee Montagne talks to Lawrence Wright of The New Yorker about his article on the impact of U.S. hostage policy on 5 families whose children where held hostage in Syria by the Islamic State.

As Canada and parts of the U.S. confront declines in air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, NPR reporters in Asia, Latin America and Africa share their experiences.

Friday on First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross, our panel of journalists on the Media Roundtable looked at the top stories of the week, including:The…