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A storied football team may be moving out of Illinois. Will fans of the Chicago Bears stick with them when they become the Hammond Bears?

As part of NPR's series on democracy, Morning Edition visits Rochester, N.Y., to observe how the national debate around "defund the police" is playing out among city leaders.

Heat is the number on weather-related killer in the U.S., yet our infrastructure was not built with it in mind. As that heat gets more extreme, cities are rethinking how to adapt.

Today, "inequality is endemic" in America's public schools, according to a new report.

So-called "Second Amendment sanctuaries" are states, cities or counties that adopted legislation meant to counter perceived encroachments on gun rights.

Liane Hansen speaks with James Corcoran about the arious anti-government groups that exist in the United States. Corcoran says eople involved with these paramilitary organizations are often self-professed ilitiamen who oppose most forms of government control, including Federal axation and gun control laws. Authorities are exploring possible links between klahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh (mihk-VAY) and these right-wing aramilitary units.

Producer Julian Crandall Hollick returns to the neighborhood f Byculla (BIKE-cuh-luh) in Bombay, where the poor people of Apna Street live n huts built on the pavements. In this installment, he examines why there is so ittle housing for the poor. Even those who work often are foced to live on the treets. A combination of poor city planning, little available land and ndifference seem to be the culprits.

Karen Brown reports from Holyoke, Massachusetts on car clubs for young men. Members supe up their vehicles with accessories like impressive stereo systems, seventeen inch rims, leather interiors, and high-end performance parts. Clubs often take on extra jobs to pay for these modifications, and they compete in car shows. The clubs help to get some men off the streets, and have gained a certain degree of respectability in the city.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from Mexico City on Vicente Fox, the winner of yesterday's presidential election. The man who ended the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party's 71-year monopoly on power is a rancher and the former head of Coca-Cola for Latin America. He also served as a Mexican state governor. He is expected to continue current government policies on the economy and trade, while maintaining Mexico's close ties to the United States.

Steve Tripoli of member station WBUR reports on the introduction of car sharing programs in Boston and other cities around the country. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, for example, customers pay a yearly fee and hourly and mileage charges. In return, they get access to "common cars" when they need them. Car sharing companies have also been started in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, and Chicago, and more are likely, if the concept becomes profitable. So far, it isn't.