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The jury in the Boston Marathon bomber case is just days away from starting its sentencing deliberations. The defense rested its case on Monday after Sister Prejean testified.

Nine-year-old Teagan Ellsworth and her 7-year-old brother Leo collect aluminum cans in their Pittsburgh neighborhood. They crush them and bring them to a scrap metal business for recycling.

Each summer, 5,000 tons of sand and nearly 100 palm trees transform a half-mile stretch along river into a beach paradise with volleyball, ice cream stands and sunbathing. Especially now, Paris Plage is a real boon for those who can't afford a more extravagant vacation.

A San Francisco organization reunites homeless people — or "houseless" people — with their families through social media. They want to reconnect 1 million people in the next five years.

Cookie-baking season is not complete without an offering from sisters Sheila and Marilynn Brass. The two Massachusetts recipe collectors recall the special holiday shortbread cookies they'd have as children when their Jewish family would go to the house of their Catholic friends, the Sullivans.

Growing up in 1960s Nebraska, Linda Hernandez and her sister were among the few Latino students in town. When it was time to take the SAT, their guidance counselor told them not to bother. She told them that "all we would do is have babies," Linda says.

Audie Cornish talks to Sister Angela of the Good Shepherd Convent in Cairo. On Thursday, she welcomed in three fellow nuns fleeing their sister convent and school in Suez that was set ablaze on Wednesday.

Commentator Amy Dickinson writes about sibling rivalry. She knows that sisters are often rivals. But in the case of the Williams sisters, it is especially hard, because there is always a winner and a loser.

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.