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Boxy, modern-looking, 'cookie-cutter' apartment buildings have been popping up across American cities in recent years. Why do they all have to look the same?

Bloomington's mayor has a concern about Connect Transit taking on rural transportation in McLean County after the county ended its agreement with Show Bus, saying he doesn't want the new initiative to detract from existing services.

Qatar has decided to suspend its key mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel, officials said Saturday. The announcement comes after growing frustration with the lack of progress on a deal.

The earthquake was centered 10 miles west of Port Vila, the largest city in Vanuatu, a group of 80 islands that is home to about 330,000 people.

At least 73 people have been killed and 170 injured in the Iranian city of Kerman in explosions near the burial site of slain military commander Qasem Soleimani.

The annual federal count finds more than 770,000 people living in shelters or outside. It cites rising rents and the recent surge in migrants as key factors behind the increase.

Israel has intensified its airstrikes on Gaza's southern city of Rafah. Palestinians say most of those killed are women and children.

A former police officer died in an apparent suicide just before going to trial for sexual assault. His case was dismissed, and his alleged victims say they are infuriated.

On Sunday, Guatemala's former dictator Efrain Rios Montt died at 91. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with professor Victoria Sanford of the City University of New York about Rios Montt's role in the Guatemalan civil war, and the troubled legacy he leaves behind.

In 2017, President Trump rolled out tax incentives to encourage investment in low-income and distressed communities. There were concerns investors would benefit more than residents.