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NPR's Life Kit host Marielle Segarra is really into the 1998 movie "Practical Magic," which stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as witch sisters in a small town.

In her debut memoir Mary Anna King tells the story of her fractured upbringing and how — in the face of poverty — love and hard work were not sufficient to keep her family together.

The Bloomington Fire Department said Wednesday the blaze that left 29 people in an apartment building homeless last month was caused by an accidental…

In August 1973, an 18-year-old DJ Kool Herc played his sister's back-to-school fundraiser in the rec room of their apartment building. But he and his friends sparked something much bigger.

Some birds kill their siblings soon after hatching. Other birds spend their whole lives with their siblings and will even risk their lives to help each other.

In Dayton, Ohio, police stopped a mass shooting early Sunday within a minute, but not before nine people were killed, including the gunman's sister. Victims were remembered at a vigil Sunday night.

Armed with just a name and a photograph, Annette Vega spent years looking for her biological father. The family story would go from Puerto Rico to Florida to New York.

Since Los Angeles exploded three decades ago, some things have changed and so much remains the same.

Tara Dente examines the emotions that flood the hearts of many people when they return to their “hometowns” on her latest single and most recent album. The New Jersey born singer-songwriter is now based in Nashville. Dente opens for Matthew Curry when he returns to his Bloomington hometown Saturday.

The Rental Property Inspection Program in Bloomington is now more than a dozen years old, but has never really worked well. 85% of the city’s rental units…