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Beijing is a city of contrasts: It has dazzling Olympic venues as well as the ancient city, a maze of homes and alleys, or hutongs, that are rapidly being demolished to make way for high-rise development. A walk reveals the vanishing backstreet neighborhoods.

President Biden’s expanded TPS designation for Venezuelan migrants should make it easier for them to legally live and work in the U.S., but many caution that relief for the city’s beleaguered shelter system will not be immediate.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio about the early days of his effort to provide free, high-quality preschool to all of the city's 4-year-olds.

A new podcast from member station KCUR showcases the unsung heroes of Kansas City history.

Fully intact buildings stood right next to where others had been flattened. Families walked together in the streets, dressed-up in fancy clothes to visit relatives for Eid.

Bloomington residents cleaning out from last weekend’s storms will get an extra free curbside bulk waste pickup, starting July 6. But they shouldn’t get used to it.

Fertilizer runoff has provoked a confrontation between Des Moines and the farms that surround it. The city's water utility wants to sue neighboring counties for nitrates in the Raccoon River.

The new total of refugees from Ukraine amounts to a little more than 2% of the country's total population of 44 million.

Bloomington aims to have its new ward boundaries in place this summer, reflecting the past decade’s population shifts.

Mayor Karen Bass says she told President Biden he could significantly reduce homelessness in the U.S. by helping to find shelter for the roughly 40,000 people in LA who are currently unhoused.