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The Trump administration says it has arrested more than 700 people in Washington, DC as part of its mission to crack down on crime. Data given to NPR by the city's police department indicates a ramp-up in arrests during the campaign, but criminal justice experts caution that it's difficult to draw conclusions about public safety merely from arrests.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Mayor Wojciech Bakun of the city of Przemysl about being the spot in Poland where the most Ukrainians have entered as they flee their country.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson about the FAA's temporary closure of airspace over the city, and how it was communicated to city leaders.

Beijing's eviction of migrant laborers has sparked one of China's biggest political controversies. The government is reversing the flow of labor from the countryside to the cities.

Facing worsening homelessness and sprawling illegal encampments, some American cities are resorting to setting up regulated, outdoor shelters even in the dead of winter.

Chris Collins said he invited people to sleep on land he owned in a Bloomington neighborhood so they wouldn't get arrested. However well-intentioned, the plan resulted in friction between the neighborhood, Collins, and eventually city government after resulting ordinance violations went unaddressed.

When Joel Goldman was diagnosed with a medical condition that makes him shake and stutter, he quit his law practice and started writing novels inspired by true crime in the Kansas City area. Eventually, he gave his disorder to FBI Agent Jack Davis, one of his main characters.

A young rescue worker who helped evacuate thousands from his hometown — a city now synonymous with the war's longest and bloodiest battle — grieves its loss but refuses to leave the frontline.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Todd Jordan, mayor of Tupelo, Miss., about how the massive winter storm has affected his city and region.

President Trump threatened the city with the deportation of undocumented immigrants, posting a reference to the film Apocalypse Now with the quote: "I love the smell of deportations in the morning."