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Scott Simon speaks to Politico's Brakkton Booker about the reasons behind the exodus of Black Americans from large cities, and the impact of these shifting demographics.

St. Louis lifts its residency requirement for city police officers. Civic leaders say residency requirements help stabilize neighborhoods. But police officers, citing safety and financial concerns, say they should be able to choose where to live. Member station KWMU's Matt Sepic reports.

Cities across the northeast are seeing a spike in complaints about rats. With high-tech traps and carbon monoxide gas, the Boston area is taking on its growing problem.

Just days after she was heard making racist remarks in a leaked recording, La City Council member Nury Martinez resigned from her seat. Earlier this week she stepped down as council president.

In Dallas the effort to take down the city's Confederate memorials hit an unexpected snag after three of the four African-American city council members voted to keep the main memorial up.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with New York City's comptroller, Brad Lander, about what he says is a failed policy to deal with homeless encampments by the city.

The 1300 block of West Taylor Street, home to City of Refuge Ministries for decades, will now be known as Bennett Family Boulevard. For senior pastor William Bennett, the designation is a testament to the ministry his parents built from scratch.

Women's soccer will pass a milestone next year when what's billed as the first stadium designed and built specifically for women's professional sports opens in Kansas City.

President Trump is ramping up threats to send the National Guard into several major cities despite a federal judge ruling that his deployment of troops to Los Angeles was illegal.

Thousands of people continue to risk their lives to flee the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol.