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Africa's cities have become home to an invasive, malaria-carrying mosquito. New research suggests vulnerabilities that could be exploited to take on the disease-bearing insects.

The owner of the former State Farm building in downtown Bloomington is moving ahead with a $68 million redevelopment, including a renovation of the building into 183 residential units, plus ground-floor retail and a destination restaurant on the 13th floor.

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks to Shibley Tehlahmi, Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland, about Israel's plan to take Gaza City, and who can govern the Gaza Strip after Hamas.

Historian Mary Beard says many of our popular notions about the empire are based on culture rather than fact. Her new book is called SPQR. Originally broadcast Nov. 30, 2015.

Lynn, who married when she was in her teens, later created controversy by singing about divorce and birth control. Her new album is Still Woman Enough. Originally broadcast on Nov. 10, 2010.

How do artists' surroundings influence their art? Kansas City musician Kevin Morby has lived in — and left — New York and Los Angeles, and he has some thoughts.

It comes as no surprise to New Yorkers that some of the best food in the city is served on its sidewalks.

Some photos on Twitter ended Anthony Weiner's congressional career. The latest online image was not quite as damaging. Weiner has launched his campaign to be mayor of New York City. A gorgeous city skyline showed up on his homepage. But it wasn't of New York. It was Pittsburgh's skyline.

Manhattanhenge is the name for the solar phenomena that occurs this weekend in New York City when the setting sun perfectly aligns with the numbered streets running east and west on the city's grid.

Bloomington officials will answer questions about a proposed overhaul to the city's zoning code during two public sessions Wednesday afternoon.City…