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A family in an evacuation train says goodbye to a young man at the central train station in the southern city of Odessa. Russian forces have made progress in the south, overrunning the city of Kherson.

A college student in occupied Ukraine says buying food means it's a lucky day

What's daily life like in one of the recently-occupied parts of Ukraine? One college student in the southern city of Kherson steps through his new reality.

Peggy Orenstein is the author of the memoir, <em>Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors, An Oscar, An Atomic Bomb and One Woman's Quest to Become a Mother</em>. A ventriloquist who used to perform at birthday parties, she now confines her voice solely to the printed page.

'Brooklyn' Renders an Imperfect World, Perfectly

As a girl, Peggy Orenstein may have spent her summers in Wisconsin, but her heart was often farther east. She recounts her love for Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and its hard, touching lessons about the difference between what is right and what is true.

Holder Asks For Federal Voting Oversight In Texas

Attorney General Eric Holder has asked a court to order federal oversight of Texas' voting practices because he says the state discriminated against minority voters during the redistricting process. It's the first in a wave of federal actions to protect voters after a recent Supreme Court ruling threw out part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

In Seattle, Maurice Sendak's 'Wild' 'Nutcracker' Reaches Its Final Act

For more than 30 years, the Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker has used sets and costumes designed by the author of Where the Wild Things Are. This year, the ballet is retiring the production.

Kasell began practicing his newscaster voice as a child and got his first on-air job at 16. He went on to anchor NPR's newscasts for more than 30 years and later served as judge and scorekeeper for the news quiz show <em>Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!</em>

NPR Newscaster Carl Kasell Dies At 84, After A Lifelong Career On-Air

Kasell brought unflappable authority to the news, but he also had a lively sense of humor, revealed late in his career when he became the judge and scorekeeper for Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

More Local Immigrants Placed In Detention: One Family's Struggle

The number of illegal immigrants taken from the McLean County jail and sent to immigration detention centers has more than doubled in the past year, from…

Davis: Tax Bill Will Win Over Voters Before November Election

Fresh off their first major legislative victory since President Donald Trump took office, Republican lawmakers went on a bit of a victory tour back home…

Compliance Masks Challenges In Senior, Affordable Housing

Every community struggles to find adequate housing for aging residents who lose their independence. And not all residential complexes are perfect all the…

V8 Vast Change Brings His Social Justice Message To His New Album

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

Six Years Later, Families Seek Closure In B-N Deaths

Life was hard for Haileigh Eichhorn in the month before she died.The 26-year-old Bloomington woman was caught stealing soap, lip balm, and mascara from a…

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