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The Central Illinois Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday it has reservations about a proposed new traffic camera system that can record license plate numbers of vehicles.

Some of the most heated protests in San Francisco have been over big, sleek buses — private shuttles that Silicon Valley tech companies like Google and Facebook use to get their city-living employees to work. They've become a symbol of the city's changing socioeconomic landscape.

An anonymous group is independently painting crosswalks at intersections in Los Angeles, arguing "The city doesn't keep us safe, so we keep us safe."

The City of Compton has a reputation for being the epicenter of gang violence in Los Angeles. A two-part series looks at how Compton’s image affects civic life in the city -- and how some residents are overcoming that stereotype.

Closing arguments in the lawsuit challenging New York City's stop-and-frisk policy begin Monday in federal court. The plaintiffs in the class action trial claim police officers were pressured to stop, question and frisk hundreds of thousands of people each year — even establishing quotas.

China has now quarantined some 45 million people as it tries to control the spread of coronavirus. It has extended the Lunar New Year holiday and delayed the start of the academic spring semester.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ryan Sorrell, the founder and executive editor of the Kansas City Defender, about a man accused of kidnapping and assault, following reports of missing Black women.

The Sundance Film Festival is back in-person this year after being mostly online for two years. The team sifted through 16,000 submissions — the highest number ever.

In Mexico City, the calls of resellers looking for more product are ubiquitous. Now they are being celebrated in music.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Lake Elsinore Mayor Natasha Johnson why the public isn't allowed to visit the California city's canyons for this year's super bloom of poppies.