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Demonstrators have been demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to register in city elections. The entire city council is up for re-election in September.

Demonstrators are demanding fair elections for the City Duma and for opposition candidates to be allowed on the ballot.

The president of the Peoria Firefighter's Union said the multiple rounds of cuts to the fire department in recent years are putting the city at risk.

Sterling's 2016 shooting by a Baton Rouge police officer was captured on video and sparked protests in the city's Black community. Neither officer involved in the shooting was charged criminally.

The fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in Sacramento has spurred protests. The city council held a public forum Tuesday.

After eight years under Rahm Emanuel, Chicago has a political novice as mayor. Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot took the oath and has big plans to shakeup Chicago's way of doing business.

Mayor Eric Adams announced this week that officials will begin hospitalizing more homeless people by involuntarily providing care to those deemed to be in "psychiatric crisis."

The ceasefire, in effect for the past six months, has brought some reprieve to Palestinians in Gaza despite continued hardship, displacement and Israeli restrictions on aid.

While rescue crews continue the search for people in the condominium collapse in Florida, NPR is learning new details about concerns over the building before it partially collapsed last week.

Several Ukrainian tanks are on the move in some eastern cities, according to reports Wednesday morning. Some of the armored personnel carriers are flying Russian flags.