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At an inner city Bronx school, a young teacher from Finland formed a gospel choir to encourage her disadvantaged students to believe in their potential. Three years after their last performance, students and teacher reunite, as a new book tells their story.

The Columbus, Ohio-based Capsoul label was formed during the early 1970s to bring that city's local talent to a national audience. A new label has now unearthed gems from the Capsoul vaults.

The number of people working in the Bloomington-Normal area last month rose by more than 4% from May of last year.

The 2004 presidential campaign is being fought in a small number of swing states. Of these, one of the closest and most important is Florida. Bush won by only 500 votes in 2000, and right now, polls show Sen. Kerry is ahead. NPR's Linda Wertheimer traveled to Florida to talk with voters.

Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel early Saturday. Hours later, Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes.

Beijing promised that Hong Kongers could keep their lifestyle, their social and capitalist systems — but it's been eroded by the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations and the reach of Beijing.

The mosaic dating back to the Roman era was found under a fourth-century building in the city of Rastan. It is said to be one of the rarest and most complete to be found.

Bloomington-Normal could soon see the opening of its third cannabis dispensary, and then a fourth.

Voters in Lexington approved by a nearly 3-to-2 margin a sales tax increase to help offset rising utility costs.

Bloomington-Normal added 3,200 jobs over the last year, while the unemployment rate rose slightly.