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Linda Hatfield says her grandmother never ever gave up on bringing missing World War II casualty Clarence Brotherton home to Gibson City. She refused to put up a marker because she didn't want him to think she had given up on him. 77 years later Brotherton's body has come back to central Illinois. A new music venue comes to downtown Bloomington. A big chain restaurant opens soon on the east side of town. And there's a new brew pub coming to Lexington, Illinois. The Normal Public Library is collecting remembrances and recollections of 9-11 as the 20th anniversary of those attacks approaches. And taking down a big central Illinois bridge all at one go is almost as interesting as engineering exercise as building one.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy proposes slowing some first-class deliveries and increasing postage rates. Without the changes, he warns, USPS will "run out of cash and require a government bailout."

The death of George Floyd forced American companies to reckon with racial inequality in ways few had before. Companies took a range of actions, like pledging to boost the employment of minorities.

Steve Inskeep talks to André Borschberg, one of 2 Solar Impulse pilots. The plane will attempt a 5-day trans-Pacific flight from Nanjing, China, to Hawaii, as part of a round-the-world journey.

NPR's Noel King talks to Gary Kelly, chairman and CEO of Southwest Airlines, about the impact of the coronavirus on his carrier. Kelly says the airline requires workers and passengers to wear masks.

Hurricane Laura has rapidly intensified and is approaching the Texas-Louisiana border as a major hurricane. Meteorologists are most concerned about a big storm surge with powerful winds.

Democrats' legislation to alleviate voting restrictions in some states was scaled back in order to get Republican senators on board. But in the end, no GOP lawmakers backed the bill.

Nearly all the chief executives in a new survey — 98% — say they're getting their ducks in a row for an impending economic downturn in the United States.

Both candidates delivered speeches at a summit for the conservative group Americans for Prosperity on Friday. While Mitt Romney seemed at times to be a corporate executive at a board meeting, received with warm applause, Herman Cain came on as a kind of conquering hero, greeted by standing ovations.

More than two years after fire destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard, the arson trial is set to get underway. The Navy continues to unravel why the fire became one of its worst peace-time disasters.