Search results for

Democrat Buck Farley is making his first bid for political office, looking to represent northeast Normal on the McLean County Board. He's running against Republican incumbent Randy Knapp for a seat representing District 5.

Bertha Mendoza was one of the Tennessee factory workers swept away in Hurricane Helene's flash flooding. Text messages show a family desperate to save her.

As her show, Somebody Somewhere, comes to an end, actor Bridget Everett reflects on friendship and reinvention.

The new series "Alternate Realities" from NPR's Embedded looks at the way one family was divided by conspiracies and how a bet helped bring one of them back from the rabbit hole.

A French politician suggested the two countries no longer share the values that inspired the gift more than a century ago. The White House sharply rejected his request, which he described as symbolic.

Sarah Wildman's daughter Orli died at age 14. "She would sometimes ask me, 'What do you think I did to deserve this?' And of course, that's not an answerable question," Wildman says.

81 Illinois teen drivers and passengers died in car accidents in 2023, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Tragedies like these instantly change the lives of families and friends. For one mother — it led her to push for change.

The death toll rose to at least 184 after a nightclub roof collapsed early Tuesday in the Dominican capital during a concert attended by politicians, athletes, and others.

Trump senior advisor Kari Lake envisions the agency that includes the international broadcaster Voice of America with 81 staffers after mid-August — down from about 1,300 full-time employees and contractors.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Michael Shaikh about his new book "The Last Sweet Bite," which explores the effects of violence on cuisines in conflict zones.