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In Kansas, some rural towns are booming while others are dwindling. Garden City, Kan., for instance, attracts people from across the globe. The population is young, growing, and extremely diverse.

NPR is following the ceremony and services commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York City.

Protests of President Trump's immigration policies grew across the U.S. on Tuesday, with rallies held in New York City, Chicago and Seattle.

The Downtown Bloomington Task Force’s final report includes a recommendation to knock down an aging parking structure and build a new library-transit…

NPR's Scott Simon asks Booker Prize-winning novelist Marlon James about his new HBO series set in Jamaica. It is called "Get Millie Black."

Schools are so short of substitute teachers they're now taking college students. It serves the colleges and the K-12 districts. And as central Illinois braces for a mid-week winter storm, learn about the surprisingly complex job of operating snow ploughs. Adding the U of I at Chicago to the Missouri Valley conference is about more than sports...And there are broadcast rights. Plus, despite pressures on the restaurant industry...high costs, labor shortages, you name it, it was a pretty good year for twin cities eateries.

Many people with intellectual disabilities can't talk or have difficulty speaking — and are unable to report when they've been raped or sexually assaulted.

Seattle-based researchers examined the disappearances and murders of Native American women in 71 U.S. cities. They found information on 506 documented cases — and huge, troubling gaps in the data.

With tensions easing between North and South Korea, the two sides are reviving cross-border reunions that began in 1985. On Monday, 93 South Koreans will board buses to visit relatives in the North.

Bloomington hip-hop artist Dominique Stevenson said positive messages and uplifting vibes in his music are connected to his religion. He doesn't believe…