We'll meet the people and the 51-mile waterway in the middle of it all. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SHAPIRO: From NPR, I'm Ari Shapiro. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SHAPIRO: It's CONSIDER THIS FROM NPR.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Charlotte Wood about Stone Yard Devotional, in which the narrator retreats to a convent to escape the monotony of every day life. Soon, the disruptions arrive.

EFRAIN GUERRERO: (Non-English language spoken). SHAPIRO: "They hid us under the bed," says Efrain Guerrero (ph). He was only 5 years old then, but he says he still remembers what the U.S. called ...

🎧 Rubio delivered a message that Trump has made a preliminary determination that China has too much influence over the canal ...