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People will need to show proof of vaccination to dine indoors at restaurants and work out inside gyms.

Exelon Generation has taken the first step in closing the nuclear power plants in Clinton and the Quad Cities. The company submitted formal notification…

The head of Central Illinois Arena Management is expressing shock at the state police investigation into operations at the Coliseum in Bloomington.John…

Reporter Bob Garfield visits the "free city" of Christiania in Denmark...an enclave of squatters who set up housekeeping in an abandoned Army installation in the midst of Copenhagen. The city was established twenty-five years ago today, and we'll find out how this small "city-within-a-city," designed to be free of rents, taxes, and drug laws, has endured...and how it has changed.

Baghdad was the scene of two more car bombings Monday, as more than 20 Iraqis were killed and some 100 wounded. A third bomb that exploded in the northern city of Mosul killed four. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

A new study ranks 64 of America's largest cities by their commitment to literacy. Minneapolis, Seattle and Denver top the list, which was compiled based on the availability and number of booksellers, quality of libraries, educational level of the population, number of periodicals published and newspaper circulation. Hear the study's author, John Miller.

It's being called a victory in the battle over control of the city. But Russia continues its missile offensive, bombarding villages north of Kharkiv.

Ten years ago, Oklahoma City was rocked by the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building. Vice President Dick Cheney and former President Bill Clinton were among thousands who gathered to remember the 168 people who died in the attack.

Militia loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr begin handing over their weapons to Iraqi police in the Sadr City district of Baghdad. The disarmament is part of an attempt to end weeks of clashes with U.S. troops. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

ShotSpotter — a system designed to detect gunshots in neighborhoods where it's installed — has generated debate in cities over its efficacy in helping law enforcement respond to gun violence, as well as ethical concerns.