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Bloomington-Normal's unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% in May as more businesses emerged from pandemic restrictions.

Jonathan Rush, an assistant conductor for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, shares his top songs for summer listening.

"In these tumultuous moments, in which Afghans are seeking refuge ... I pray so that many countries welcome and protect all those seeking a new life," Francis said from St. Peter's Square on Sunday.

Services marking the the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks being in New York.

Petra Mayer of NPR Books says usually, Comic Con is a "literal human traffic jam." But this year, because of the pandemic, the convention had wide open spaces everywhere she looked.

Maggie's Toronto Sex Workers Action Project teamed up with local health organizations to vaccinate more than 3,000 people to date.

With a style that's part Miles Davis, part Chet Baker, jazzman Enrico Rava is a legend in his native Italy. The self-taught trumpet player shares his passion by becoming a mentor to aspiring musicians.

Lionel Ziprin is running out of time to make good on his promise to share his grandfather's traditional Jewish music with the world. Rabbi Nuftali Zvi Margolies Abulafia was recored by famed ethnomusicologist Harry Smith in the 1950s.

Nearly four years after the No Child Left Behind Act took effect, the nation's urban school districts are making only slight progress in raising test scores, and no progress in reducing the achievement gap between white and minority students.

A top Palestinian official says he's hopeful that a "small window" of opportunity exists for peace with Israel in the wake of this month's cease-fire agreement. But Nabil Shaath, foreign minister for the Palestinian Authority, says Israel is moving too slowly on several issues.