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The Peoria City Council will hold a special meeting on Saturday to determine the city's directon on recreational cannabis businesses. The new state law...

The City of Peoria should have a new fire station on the city’s South Side a year from now.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports that city leaders and residents of Oakland, Calif., are trying to cope with more than 100 murders this past year, the highest number since the early '90s. Mayor Jerry Brown blames ex-cons involved in drug-turf battles, and has announced a crackdown on repeat offenders. Police have been issued a list of the city's 100 most dangerous men. In the city's poorest neighborhoods, volunteers are making their own efforts to stop the killings.

Undecided voters are getting a lot of attention as Nov. 2 looms. What about those who know who they support? Two weeks ago, NPR's Liane Hansen visited Nebraska, and met a lot of heartland Republicans. Now she drops by Manhattan, a predictably Democratic bastion.

U.S. and allied forces clash with supporters of the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The worst violence was near the southern city of Najaf, where 20 Iraqis were killed when al-Sadr's supporters opened fire on a Spanish garrison near the city. There was a similar demonstration in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad. The violence flared after U.S. forces detained an associate of Sadr. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves and NPR's Howard Berkes.

Interlochen Public Radio's Michelle Corum reports on the controversy over city-sponsored diversity bumper stickers in Travers City, Michigan.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Kimo Jung from New York City. He listens to Weekend Edition Sunday on member station WNYC in New York City.)

A collection of 100 works of art by Henri Matisse and his contemporaries is now on display at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. It's the only North American venue for the exhibition.

The city of Cali, Colombia, is known for great salsa music — and, in the past, deadly drug cartels. The two are not entirely separate.

Bloomington aldermen are asking to halt scheduled discussion of a Welcoming City ordinance, clouding the prospects for future public consideration.A…