Search results for

NPR's Rob Gifford reports on a controversy over the design of a new national theater building in Beijing. Building a national theatre is a matter of great pride to the people of Beijing. The Chinese capital has no such facility and lags far behind the city of Shanghai in theatre arts. But many are upset over the design, by a French architect. It calls for something resembling a huge titanium egg, surrounded by the monolithic, very square Stalinist buildings that rim Tiananmen Square, the spiritual heart of the city.

The mosque is now well under reconstruction — a symbol of the city's comeback.

The City of Bloomington believes it's too expensive to stay self insured for worker health coverage. During GLT's Sound Ideas, Mayor Tari Renner said the…

Palestinians return to Gaza City for first time in over a year as ceasefire holds, Florida Gov. DeSantis calls lawmakers to special session on immigration, Chiefs and Eagles to face off in Super Bowl.

President Trump to meet with Russia's Putin on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu defends plan to take over Gaza City, Trump promises crackdown on crime and homelessness in Washington, D.C.

A federal judge is gearing up to release hundreds of people arrested and detained in Chicago as part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the city.

The Affordable Care Act subsidies have expired, Trump administration freezes Minnesota childcare funds after claims of fraud, Zohran Mamdani sworn in as New York City mayor.

Four years of Russia's all-out war on Ukraine have transformed not only Ukrainian cities but also how modern warfare is waged, in the first of this two-part story from Kherson.

New York City is celebrating the first Knicks NBA championship in 53 years.

The state's largest water utility is suing county boards for polluting rivers the city uses for drinking water.