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George Floyd's Brother And The Attorney For The Floyd Family On Chauvin's Sentencing

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with George Floyd's brother, Philonise, and the Floyd family attorney, Benjamin Crump, about Derek Chauvin's sentence of 22 1/2 years for the murder of George Floyd.

A partnership between St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Urban Acres received one of Impact Central Illinois' annual grants, with an award of $102,500 going toward their Springboard Kitchen concept.

St. Paul’s, Urban Acres Get Grant For North Valley Community Kitchen

A dual-purpose community kitchen in Peoria's North Valley will become a reality thanks to a grant from Impact Central Illinois.

A police car's lights, which are on. The text "WCBU Police and Fire" are laid on top of that photo.

Peoria Police: Double Homicide Victims Shot Each Other

Peoria Police say two men who died in a Sunday morning shooting in Central Peoria fired at each other.

"I feel like music is just a facet of my life, like it doesn't take hierarchical dominance over the people that I love and it never will," Lucy Dacus says. Her third album, <em>Home Video</em>, depicts memories and relationships from her years growing up in Richmond, Va.

Lucy Dacus Is Her Own Unreliable Narrator

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Richmond, Va., songwriter Lucy Dacus about the childhood memories — real and imagined — that populate her latest album, Home Video.

The yellow crazy ant was last spotted by Crazy Ant Strike Teams on the vital seabird nesting grounds in December 2017, but it was too soon to tell if they'd been fully extinguished because their colonies are found underground.

Yellow Crazy Ants, An Enemy To Seabirds, Have Been Wiped Out On A Remote Atoll

Crazy Ant Strike Teams wiped out the nonnative invasive insect which had been threatening ground-nesting seabirds on the atoll since at least 2010.

Twitter Helps Photographer Find Couple She Took Unexpected Engagement Photos For

A photographer happened to snap some photos of a couple who got engaged in California. After posting the photos to Twitter for help, the couple was found.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison Friday, over the murder of George Floyd. He's seen here addressing the court at his sentencing hearing.

Derek Chauvin Is Sentenced To 22 1/2 Years For George Floyd's Murder

Prosecutors were asking for the former police officer to be sentenced to a 30-year prison term. The defense attorney called for probation and time already served.

Biden Announced A Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal. What Happens Now?

President Biden and a bipartisan group of senators now have an infrastructure deal. But there's a long road ahead: Lawmakers must also pass other parts of his economic agenda.

Rescue workers walk beside the rubble as rescue efforts continue where a wing of a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed Thursday in Surfside, Fla.

The Mayor Of Surfside, Fla., Says The Building Collapse Reminds Him Of 9/11

Mayor Charles Burkett tells NPR that video of the collapse shows that "it was obvious that these buildings just sort of came straight down on top of each other."

A rescue worker walks among the rubble where a wing of a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed on Thursday in Surfside, Fla.

Death Toll Rises To 4 In The Florida Condo Collapse With Dozens Of People Missing

More than 150 people remain unaccounted for after a 12-story condo building partially collapsed near Miami. Rescue workers are using sonar and dogs to search for survivors in the rubble.

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