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NPR speaks with retired Gen. Randy Manner, who was once a top official in the National Guard, about the president's use of the military in American cities.

These responses were submitted by Karen Schmidt, a candidate for Bloomington City Council in Ward 6. The questionnaire was prepared by GLT in partnership…

One year after the Supreme Court ruled that cities are allowed to remove homeless encampments, Grants Pass — the Oregon city that gave name to the case — can't legally remove an encampment there.

Paris, the most densely populated European city, faces catastrophic heat because of global warming. Cool places such as underground parking lots could be where vulnerable populations could cool off.

The New York City Marathon has a similar acceptance rate to Harvard. To secure a bib, runners can enter a lottery, fundraise with a charity, run nine qualifying racers and volunteer for one, or run a qualifying time.

Ten of the 11 people who spoke during the public comments portion of Monday’s Bloomington City Council meeting voiced opposition to a perceived possibility of a data center development south of Central Illinois Regional Airport.

The Mohammed VI Tangier Tech City would stand in monument to China's expansion into a North African nation on Europe's doorstep. But experts say the project has stalled.

You can’t talk about Second City’s roots or modern improv without talking about Viola Spolin and Jane Addam’s Hull House in Chicago, where Spolin -- a young daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants - worked in the 1920s.

The "15-minute City" is an urban planning concept where your main daily needs are a close walk, bike or transit ride from home. It could also help limit global warming, but it faces major obstacles.

The writer and civil rights supporter died in 1967. Her ashes spent years in a filing cabinet and at NAACP headquarters. Her family this week held a service at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx.