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McLean County law enforcement agencies reported an average amount of gun violence in 2020. That’s a significant deviation from the national picture and…

About 10,000 households in the area of Spokane, Wash., are behind in rent. Some people finally returning to work face homelessness as the state and federal eviction ban is expected to end next month.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Matthew Van Nortwick, a senior firefighter for the city of Washington, N.C., about rescue operations in the area.

The city of Gilroy, Calif., held a vigil Monday night to mourn the deaths of the three people killed by a gunman during a mass shooting at the city's Garlic Festival on Sunday.

Chicago's mayor calls the pandemic a public health red alarm. The city's new "racial equity rapid response team" is crafting strategies to ward off the disease in Black and Latinx neighborhoods.

Some TV stars will perform Sophocles' Antigone on stage in Ferguson, Mo., tonight. The ancient Greek drama is expected to resonate with its theme of an individual's struggle against the state.

At the University of Maryland this week, National History Day 2005 is taking place. Students from across the country have gathered to present their papers, exhibits, documentaries, and performances. We hear from Emma Bennett, who performs as folk singer Molly Jackson; from Zoe Ackerman, who models herself after a Quaker who teaches freed slaves to read and write; and from Mackenzie Van Engelenhoven, whose project is about the news boys strike of 1899.

Destihl’s TourBus Concert Series continues Saturday with the Twin City debut of Nashville singer-songwriter Phoebe Hunt. Hunt tracks her journey from classical violinist to mystical indie folk band leader.

With an unemployment rate now estimated at more than 50 percent, people in Gaza are desperate for work. An unemployment office faces large crowds when jobs are announced.

In a new book, Feet on Street: Rambles around New Orleans, humorist Roy Blount, Jr. celebrates the corners and characters of the city. Blount takes Debbie Elliott for a stroll through the French Quarter.