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The majority of the people who were intending to file for exemptions are in the Los Angeles Police Department.

NPR's Barbara Mantel reports on how New Yorkers are bracing -- and plotting -- in the event the city's bus and subway workers go on strike. The contract for the city's transport workers union ends Sunday, and workers are threatening a walkout if the city's transportation authority doesn't raise wages enough.

A combination of rains and high tides is once again threatening the "floating city" of Venice, Italy. But as NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports, some Venetians also feel that the soul of the city is also under attack -- young people are leaving, and the city is almost entirely dependent on tourism.

U.S. civilian administrator Jay Garner expects an interim government to be running Iraq by the middle of May. The country holds its first election in the northern city of Mosul, where tribal and ethnic leaders elect a local city council and mayor who will run the city alongside the U.S. military. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

Comic Rita Rudner sets a humorous mystery novel, Turning the Tables, in Las Vegas, where she is a regular performer. The book is set in a spectacular casino called Heaven, guarded by St. Peters with Glocks beneath their wings.

Officials say it's an essential tool to keep communities safe. Critics say it unfairly targets Black and Brown communities.

Underground trains are incredibly susceptible to flooding from climate-driven extreme rain and sea level rise. Cities around the world are racing to adapt their transit systems.

The effort to quell violent crime has been marred by misinformation, and local activists say it's wrong-headed but others applaud the help from Washington, D.C., to fight a desperate homicide problem.

Several residents of Bloomington’s west side and Eastgate subdivision spoke during public comment at Monday’s city council meeting, urging the council to put funds toward improved sewers.

As Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sends more migrants via bus from the Mexico border, volunteers, city officials, and migrants in New York City are forced to adapt as politics play out on the ground.