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NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with scientist Dr. Oscar Garcia-Pineda about what he's learned from aerial and satellite imaging for oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida.

Emmy nominated actor Michael K. Williams has died at age 54. He won the hearts of fans in the role of Omar in The Wire. Williams was found dead Monday afternoon in his apartment in Brooklyn.

A big crowd turned out to watch the return of Bloomington's Labor Day parade on Monday.

In 2011, the CIA involved a local doctor to help verify Osama bin Laden was hiding in a compound in Pakistan. That decision has had a long lasting impact on aid groups trying to work in the country.

Lawyers for Jamie Snow must be given access to thousands of pages of police reports related to Snow’s conviction on murder charges in the 1991 murder of a Bloomington has station worker, a judge ruled on Wednesday.

"Islam and the Islamic Emirate do not allow women to play cricket or play the kind of sports where they get exposed," a senior Taliban official reportedly said.

The policy affected black homeowners in the South who didn't have documentation like deeds to show proof of ownership.

Louisiana's K-12 students started the school year almost fully in-person. But almost two weeks after Hurricane Ida hit, more than 250,000 students are again waiting for their classrooms to reopen.

One year after the head of Illinois’ largest public employee pension fund resigned due to what the fund has only described at “performance issues,” a recently published report by the state’s chief ethics officer reveals the circumstances behind the departures of two more former high-ranking officials at the pension fund in 2020.

School officials in Bloomington say everyone benefits when the community grows, gave its support Wednesday night to a uniform tax incentive package developed by the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council (EDC).