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The Town of Normal is set to launch a public data portal Wednesday morning, and leaders say it will transform the way people access the municipal government’s information.

A week of coverage from New Orleans to explore what residents and business leaders are thinking about the future of their city begins with visits to a woman at an Algiers church, a husband and wife cleaning up in Saint Bernard Parish and a Holocaust survivor. They are not sure if to stay or leave the city they love.

The families of Ukrainian soldiers imprisoned by Russian forces have embarked on a desperate search for information after a deadly explosion at the prison where the soldiers are kept.

You're at the theater, the last scene ends, and the cast comes out for applause. It's pretty standard today. But curtain calls once were eccentric, revealing, funny and just plain effective.

Coastal and politically progressive states have passed stronger paid sick and family leave policies than many states with larger rural populations.

The United Arab Emirates nominated Sultan al-Jaber, who both leads Abu Dhabi's state-run oil company and oversees its renewable energy efforts, to be the president of climate negotiations in Dubai.

Munich's main synagogue was one of the first to be destroyed in Nazi Germany, under Hitler's orders. No one knew what had become of the rubble — until construction workers made a discovery last week.

Although rap music has exploded worldwide, the art form has always been anchored in regional culture.

Only three days remain before the Olympic Games begin. They're billed as the world's greatest sporting event. But residents of the host city have been grumbling so much about the games that the mayor of London has told them all to "put a sock in it." Still, the protests and complaints continue.

Opponents of Lakeshore Recycling's proposed solid waste transfer station just off South Bunn Street in unincorporated McLean County are mobilizing with yard signs and public comments to the county.