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The Pekin City Council unanimously approved a new registration regime for motorized bicycles Tuesday.

$10 million to purchase a swath of land along Peoria's riverfront is among the items on the city's 2020 legislative wishlist.

On Tuesday, city officials announced they will pardon 130,000 residents who have incurred overdue charges on borrowed books.

It has been a violent year in Chicago, and Christmas weekend offered no respite. "We have a traumatized city," one woman who works with victims' families tells NPR.

Los Angeles' controller says the city dramatically failed to meet its goals in reducing homelessness. The audit shows LA fell short getting people into both permanent homes and into shelters.

The measure would affect 10,000 people in the city who work in private homes cleaning, cooking and tending children, among other duties. The proposed law would be the first of its kind in the U.S.

NPR's Melissa Block joins the host team of All Things Considered today with a story on how the city of Baltimore, spurred by a horrific crime, is fighting drug use and violence with a new attitude of cooperation.

Russian authorities say three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow in the early hours on Sunday, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure for traffic of one of four airports near the capital.

Explosions were reported in several districts of Moscow and outlying regions of the city Tuesday as Russia launched a pre-dawn air raid on Ukraine's capital Tuesday that killed at least one person.

The pilot program comes as residents in other parts of Europe have been denouncing — and in some cases confronting — the droves of tourists who flock to its historic cities and picturesque beaches every year.