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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with professor Michelle Phelps of the University of Minnesota, about Minneapolis voters striking down an amendment to replace the city's police department.

All over the country, a rise in crime is influencing messaging behind political runs. In Atlanta, Kasim Reed, a former two-term mayor, is running again saying that he can lower the city's crime rate.

A roundabout in a busy part of Mexico City became a place for families to honor missing loved ones. Authorities resisted the occupation, which has become symbolic of a larger struggle.

Israel's Prime Minister says that Gaza City must be cleared to defeat Hamas, but the target to finish off Hamas keeps moving, with larger displacement of Palestinians.

Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mayor Derrick Freeman of Port Arthur, Texas, which is east of Houston and has experienced flooding as well.

Bloomington aldermen butted heads again Monday over a proposal to build a new library and transit hub downtown, even as a local developer pitched his own…

The Bloomington City Council on Monday OK’d spending $7.2 million on road work set to begin this summer. Also at Monday night’s virtual meeting, finance…

The National Weather Service in Houston said the amount of rainfall in Houston and Galveston on Thursday was "one for the record books." At least four deaths have been blamed on the storm.

The Babur Garden is a place of respite in an often chaotic city. "Do you think the Taliban will ever accept this?" asks one man, pointing to himself and his fiancée, strolling among blooming roses.

Once a neighborhood or town becomes a food desert, it's difficult to restore a functional food system. Two central Illinois communities are trying to...