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Officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, are expecting border patrol agents to arrive in the city in coming days for a crackdown on illegal immigration.

Data center construction is broadly unpopular across political divides, but approaches to its construction vary by city and state.

Mary Sheffield is the first woman ever elected Mayor of Detroit, and she took office in January.

A heat wave in Chicago in 1995 killed more than 700 people and led to changes on how the city handles heat.

The federal government is releasing a plan to intervene, and it could include major curbs for big cities down river.

A metro line is transforming the lives of women who ride it — and maybe the political fortunes of the woman who governs the city and its province.

SIMON/ ODOR PATROL: THE CITIZENS OF SAN FRANCISCO ARE PART OF A CITY CRACKDOWN ON FOUL, URBAN SMELLS.

For this week's Barbershop, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Susan Chira of The New York Times, conservative commentator Lenny McAllister and journalist Jeff Yang talk about this week's news in sexual harassment, gender politics in sports and more.

At first, the results of Nabil Ayers' DNA test made him feel less black than ever. But months later, those results uncovered his ties to a unique and specific black experience.

Trump won Georgia and Michigan in 2016. Biden did the same in 2020. In 2024, some disillusioned voters say they wish Govs. Whitmer of Michigan and Kemp of Georgia were on the ballot instead.