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Hadi Abushahla moved from London to Gaza four years ago to open a computer store. In the latest in a series of stories about the entrepreneur, we explore the difficult transition for Abushahla's family.

A bipartisan group of five female South Carolina state senators have banded together to fight the passage of a near-total ban on abortions in a special session that's now underway.

Margaret Seltzer admitted to The New York Times that Love and Consequences, which describes a childhood on the streets of South Central Los Angeles, was made up. Michel Martin had interviewed Seltzer about the book before her confession.

A teenager in North Carolina kept playing a video game despite seeing the roofs come off of houses nearby.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Wednesday, September 9, 2020. Our top story is about how despite recent sorting...

Dominique Stevenson has been a very public figure in Bloomington-Normal this year. He founded the youth-based Next Gen Initiative. The social-justice…

Bloomington-Normal musicians continue to create new ways to promote their events and are even creating new venues for performances.Singer-songwriter Sara…

Turkish author Orhan Pamuk's Snow is an admittedly political novel. But while its subject matter touches upon everything from the European Union to Islamic fundamentalism, Snow has been praised for its indelible characters, its insistence on a basic humanity. NPR's Steve Inskeep spoke with Pamuk about his latest novel.

For the first time in U.S. history, a woman tops the ticket of a major U.S. political party.Illinois State University Associate Professor of History Dr.…

Jen McMillin says she decided to run for office last year on the day two Democratic heavy-hitters—Lisa Madigan and Barbara Flynn Currie—announced they…