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Pop star Britney Spears is having a big day in court on Wednesday. Spears is hoping that a judge will remove her father, Jamie Spears, as the conservator of her estate.

A painting of deceased Illinois State University student Jelani Day appeared – and then was removed – from the Uptown Normal mural site in the past day, with plans to find it another home.

The Illinois Shakespeare Festival is announcing its 45th season, returning to a full slate of three plays for the first time in two years. Summers at Ewing Cultural Center will feel a lot more normal as the festival resumes pre-pandemic operations.

Shifting to clean electricity will require many more major transmission lines, something residents of some areas may not want. The infrastructure bill in Congress could make the lines easier to build.

For the first time in 13 years, Britney Spears will be without the legal oversight of her father, Jamie Spears. A judge granted a request from the singer's lawyer to remove her father from his role.

Oklahoma is welcoming more Afghan refugees than any state besides California and Texas. The state Republican party opposes it, but elected GOP leaders are defying it and eager to help new arrivals.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with David Gressly, the United Nation's resident coordinator in Yemen, about the worsening humanitarian crisis in the nation.

Bloomington-Normal leaders of the NAACP point to racial disparities in the handling of missing person cases.

Bessie Smith's songs are tales of liberated women who are not afraid to speak openly about what they want, what they need and what they are tired of.

When Biogen's Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm was approved by the FDA in June, its fast-tracked approval and contradictory data cast doubt on its effectiveness.