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A painting of deceased Illinois State University student Jelani Day appeared – and then was removed – from the Uptown Normal mural site in the past day, with plans to find it another home.

Democratic leaders tried to make some headway on one of many looming deadlines by advancing a bill to suspend the nation's borrowing limit. But the measure is expected to fail in the Senate.

At a hearing Wednesday at Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Brenda J. Penny suspended the pop star's father from controlling her financial affairs. Britney Spears has accused him of exploiting her.

The 24 community members tasked with drawing new McLean County Board maps approved ground rules Wednesday and learned how the redistricting process will work in their first in a series of meetings over the next month to shape the county’s political boundaries for the next decade.

The Illinois Shakespeare Festival is announcing its 45th season, returning to a full slate of three plays for the first time in two years. Summers at Ewing Cultural Center will feel a lot more normal as the festival resumes pre-pandemic operations.

Shifting to clean electricity will require many more major transmission lines, something residents of some areas may not want. The infrastructure bill in Congress could make the lines easier to build.

For the first time in 13 years, Britney Spears will be without the legal oversight of her father, Jamie Spears. A judge granted a request from the singer's lawyer to remove her father from his role.

The 11 individuals subpoenaed are said to have played a role organizing the rally that preceded the deadly Jan. 6 riot.

Oklahoma is welcoming more Afghan refugees than any state besides California and Texas. The state Republican party opposes it, but elected GOP leaders are defying it and eager to help new arrivals.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with David Gressly, the United Nation's resident coordinator in Yemen, about the worsening humanitarian crisis in the nation.