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The notion that beauty could inspire civic virtue informed the construction of the New York subway a century ago. Now a city program spreads beautiful mosaics, sculptures and other hidden treasures underground. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

VenuWorks may manage the U.S. Cellular Coliseum for up to 5 years if a contract is approved by Bloomington Aldermen Monday. The company entered into a 90…

The city of Pekin is closing off access to the riverfront after people continued to gather there in violation of the governor's stay-at-home order.

Ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse in the city's port caused the blast.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says businesses in some parts of the city will reopen this weekend, and residents of the Algiers neighborhood will be welcomed back next week. Announcing the gradual return, officials also warned of remaining health threats.

The subway transformed the nation's largest city, and how the world viewed it. Over the decades, pop culture depictions of the subway have reflected the ever-changing image of the Big Apple. NPR's Robert Smith reports.

Seventy years ago this Sunday, people in New York City looked up in amazement to see the ill-fated zeppelin Hindenburg make its way to an airfield in New Jersey. A poem offers a boy's-eye view of that sight.

Sixteen incarcerated people have died in the custody of New York City's jails this year, and two more died just after they were released. That's a record since 2013.

The city of Boston wants the majority of new car purchases to be electric by 2050. That means it'll need more chargers too.

Immigration raids have sparked protests in Los Angeles and other cities across the country.