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In Los Angeles, hundreds of thousands of Latino immigrants skipped work to making their voices heard in the streets, supporting immigrants' rights. Two huge rallies were part of a national boycott.

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Lara Weaver in Bloomington, Ind., about the city's new public art project. To encourage people to vote, Weaver enlisted artists to decorate 20 plywood voting booths that will line the streets of downtown Bloomington through Nov. 2.

Every November and December, arts organizations around the country compete for the lucrative "family holiday entertainment" dollar. A production based on Irving Berlin's tunes is aiming to be musical theater's newest seasonal tradition.

Washington, D.C. is shaking the dust from one of its signature collections. The National Portrait Gallery and the American Art Museum will reopen to the public after a lengthy renovation. Mark Pachter, the director of the National Portrait Gallery, offers a sneak peek.

Russian negotiators said troops will "drastically reduce" military activity in the capital Kyiv and the city of Chernihiv, while they weigh Ukraine's proposal of a security guarantee.

The 25-foot tall sculpture of a shark crashing through the roof of Magnus Hanson-Heine's house in rural Oxford is now a protected landmark. He says his father installed it as an anti-war protest.

Each year since 1992, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression in Charlottesville, Va., has presented its Jefferson Muzzles award to people and organizations who have stood in the way of free speech. NPR's Bob Edwards speaks with center director Robert O'Neil about "winners" of the 2004 award, being announced today.

An Illinois Wesleyan University Economist says estimates of the one to two million dollar a year economic benefit from the Bloomington Center for the…

The Town of Normal is preparing a property tax levy, which will be brought before council members next month.If the current proposal is approved, the tax…