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Tents line a gravel sidewalk off Fulton Street near City Hall in San Francisco on May 5. Last week, city staffers started using chalk to draw socially distant spaces along the street for the tents to stay in.

San Francisco Shifts From Trashing Homeless Camps To Sanctioning Them Amid COVID-19

San Francisco's homelessness solution is one that was once thought unthinkable: city-sanctioned open-air encampments. The advent of COVID-19 forced city leaders to make the difficult decision.

New Grading Model Met With Confusion, Pushback In Unit 5 High Schools

Unit 5 is facing pushback from its high school teachers over the rollout of a new grading system that educators say is confusing parents and students and…

Actress Margot Kidder is seen here with her <em>Superman</em> co-star Christopher Reeve.

Actress Margot Kidder, Who Played Lois Lane, Dies At 69

Margot Kidder's acting career spanned decades, from TV series in the late 1960s to seven films in the past five years.

Pope Francis meets with a Rohingya refugee at the archbishop's residence in Dhaka. Pope Francis arrived in Bangladesh from Myanmar, the second stage of a visit that has been dominated by the plight of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees.

Pope Francis: 'The Presence Of God Is Also Called Rohingya'

"Pope Francis was visibly moved as he met the refugees who fled a military crackdown in Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh," NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Former Mayor, Advocates Named McLean County History Makers

A former mayor and his wife, who has been a longtime volunteer and advocate, are among the McLean County Museum of History's newest History Makers.Museum…

Remembering Paul Allen of Microsoft

Paul Allen, co-founder of computer giant Microsoft, has died of complications from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Allen used his fortune to fund his many business and philanthropic interests. He was 65.

Bloomington Food Truck Coming To A Neighborhood Near You

A food truck in Bloomington has started making house calls during the pandemic.Karen Flores owns LaPatrona with her father Raymundo, and sister…

Storefront of Jerk Shop Go in downtown Springfield, one of the businesses participating in 217 Black Restaurant Weekend

First Black Restaurant Weekend In Springfield Scheduled For This Weekend

From old favorites like Boyd’s New Generation to the more recently opened Greathouse Barbecue, seven restaurants are participating in the weekend...

Persuading the Dead

Robert Hunter on the Roots of the Grateful Dead

Book Review: 'The River Swimmer'

Book critic Alan Cheuse reviews Jim Harrison's new collection of novellas, The River Swimmer.

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