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State Sen. Dave Koehler says he sees great potential in having Peoria and Bloomington-Normal in the same legislative district.

Areas across the country are implementing preventive measures such as curfews. Some experts are questioning whether these minor changes will be enough to control the virus.

The New Mexico village of Ruidoso is under a flood watch until midnight. This weekend more than 160 people had to be rescued by the National Guard after rains washed debris off hillsides burned in a massive wildfire that started in June.

Wildfires are a worsening danger — and a big business opportunity. From high-tech alarms to home retrofits, the industry around preparedness is nascent, fairly small, barely regulated, growing fast.

Even years after a person has lost an arm, the brain faithfully maintains the circuits that once controlled the missing limb.

Mark Roberts reports on a new survey issued by the National Transportation Safety Board which says that fatigue contributes to as many as 40 percent of truck accidents on the nation's interstate highways.

NPR's Maria Hinojosa revisits a Cuban family she last saw boarding a makeshift raft headed towards the United States. Nine months later the family has settled in Miami, but they are far from happy with their new life.

Noah talks to Matt Wald, aviation correspondent for the New York Times, about developments in the investigation of the causes of the crash of Valujet Flight 592. Investigators are now looking at the possibility that oxygen generators were mislabeled or mishandled and caused the fire on board the aircraft.

Next, Linda talks to Kate Nelson, Columnist and Editorial Board Member for the Albuquerque Tribune in New Mexico, where five electoral votes are up for grabs.

Los Angeles has opened a sanctioned tent encampment to help provide services amid an ongoing homelessness crisis. Some are concerned about the high cost of providing a camping spot in a parking lot.