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"I know it is happening in some communities," Gary, Ind., Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson said, adding voice to a controversial phenomenon known as the Ferguson effect.

The Middle Eastern kingdom says 26 people tested positive for the virus after the large gathering, reportedly including a guest who flew in from Canada.

The Kitchen Sisters production team takes a look into the long held Scottish tradition of honesty boxes - where you leave the money in the box and take what you need.

Eliza Bidois is a Maori writer from Rotorua, New Zealand. After the death of her sister this year, she experienced the three day traditional Maori wake that takes place in the central space of the Maori village, the Marai. During the three days the family slept next to her sister's coffin inside the ancestral house---they cared for the body, sang traditional songs---and in the end were reassured that her sister was in a better place.

Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly play a brotherly pair of assassins-for-hire in Jacques Audiard's latest film. Critic Justin Chang calls The Sisters Brothers a "funny, stirring, brutal story."

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Friday, July 1. Charlie Schlenker talks to Bloomington city manager Tim Gleason about the new cannabis dispensary coming to the city's west side. Plus, local environmental policy leaders talk about the recent Supreme Court ruling that limits the EPA's regulatory powers.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. You'll hear about plans to fill the Ward 6 vacancy on the Bloomington City Council. Plus, an interview with a city official about a housing rehab program that can help flood victims.

Tracy Chevalier's latest novel, The Last Runaway, is the story of a young Quaker girl's move to America. Author Dolen Perkins-Valdez says it's a richly wrought and evocative tale.

One of the red pandas at the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington has died. The zoo had two red pandas, a male and female both born at the zoo. The male, named Burma, died overnight Sunday, after an illness.

India's count of COVID-19 cases has passed 20 million. Indian Americans are sounding the alarm that the surge demands global attention, and are raising money to help send supplies and aid to India.