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Florida is the U.S. state most vulnerable to climate change. NPR's Ayesha Roscoe speaks with Republican voters about how that factors into their voting plans in November.

Decertifying a police officer means taking away their badge and gun for good. More than a dozen states have enacted or strengthened paths to decertification but It’s still a relatively rare process.

The downtown Bloomington concert venue announced its upcoming season in a launch event Thursday. A revamped season ticket program provides discounts for patrons booking 12 or more shows.

Law enforcement agency in Georgia is planning to investigate the February killing of an unarmed black man. Video posted online shows two men confronting Ahmaud Arbery before he was shot and killed.

Extreme weather events like tornadoes can happen in minutes, but the effect of these disasters have on the community can be long-lasting.

Rescue teams continue their search on the banks of the Guadalupe River in central Texas on Wednesday.

The Florida Panhandle is coping with historic damage to homes and businesses after Hurricane Michael struck.

Officials in Asheville say the city's water systems were "severely damaged" in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Precise assessments are hard, since roads have washed away.

Illinois Wesleyan University graduate Ralph Smedley held the first Toastmasters meeting in 1905 at the YMCA in downtown Bloomington. The club officially formed Oct. 22, 1924 in California.

“We ended up with 126 tornado warnings” in Florida, Matthew Elliott, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center, told NPR.