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Bloomington Aldermen will consider changes to ordinances on smoking and the liquor commission tonight. The city council will vote on a ban on electronic…

Up to five million people ride the New York City subway on an average day. The system has 468 subway stations, most of them underground, and 3,000 conductors. NPR's Margot Adler follows conductor Sheila Taylor, who's been keeping things on track for riders for 17 years.

Dawn Zimmer talks about the recovery effort and how the city and region has worked to become more resilient since.

Pikes Peak's Pastor Alycia Erickson says the Pikes Peak Metropolitan Community Church has an important role to play at this time, as it was founded in reaction to the city's many evangelical churches that rejected folks from the LGBTQ community.

After a group of business owners near the camp filed a lawsuit last year, complaining of rampant drug use and violence, a judge ordered the city to clear up to 1,000 people from an area near the state capitol.

Hundreds of federal agents in military-style gear deployed to New Orleans, the newest city targeted under the Trump administration’s deportation efforts.

A proposal to build a casino among the aging blast furnaces of a former Bethlehem Steel plant is dividing the community of Bethlehem, Pa. Opponents say the development will spoil the character of the place; supporters say it will bring much-needed jobs.

An American architect has designed a glass and marble museum that will house the 2,000-year-old Ara Pacis, Rome's "Altar of Peace." It will be the first structure added to the Eternal City's ancient historic center in seven decades.

A cat wandered onto the baseball field during a game between the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals. The next thing that happened was the Cardinals hit a grand slam. Cardinals fans were happy.

David Hecht reports that rebel forces in Sierra Leone moved into the capital, Freetown, today. It is unclear who is in control of the city, but so far a Nigerian-led regional force defending the government has offered almost no resistance. The rebels have been joined by virtually the entire Sierra Leonean army, which overthrew the elected president in 1997, only to be ousted by the Nigerians a year ago. Fighting has continued since then.