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  • A Hair-Raising World Record
    A man in Japan wanted to make it into the Guinness book of world records. He considered trying to drink the most hot sauce, but settled on a spikier record. His hairdo — a mohawk — stands 3 feet, 8.6 inches high.
  • Diminuendo/Crescendo
    Storyteller Mitch Myers recounts the tale of Duke Ellington's performance at the Newport Jazz festival in 1956. It's a story of a journeyman saxophone player, Paul Gonsalves, and how his playing that night would become legend. (6:00) Music is from the CD Ellington at Newport on the Columbia Jazz label. The tune is called Diminuendo/Crescendo in Blue.
  • Election lawyers are concerned about 'unpredictability' as results roll in
    Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg and Democratic election lawyer Mark Brewer share their concerns as the country braces for the first national election since attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential results and the Jan. 6 insurrection.
  • SCOTUS rules against Colorado on LGBTQ rights case
    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 long ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from “forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees.”
  • January A Cold Month For Employees, Job Seekers
    The Labor Department reported grim economic news on Friday. Employers eliminated 598,000 jobs in January — the most since 1974. Cost-cutting employers are in no mood to hire. The unemployment rates stands at 7.6 percent.
  • Colorado Supreme Court rules Trump ineligible to hold office
    The Colorado Supreme Court has decided that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to hold office again because he encouraged the Jan. 6 insurrection.
  • A police car's lights, which are on. The text "WCBU Police and Fire" are laid on top of that photo.
    Pekin man dead after Saturday crash in Peoria County
    Sheriff's deputies responded to Airport and Tuscarora roads just after 6 p.m. Saturday. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood pronounced Steven Wright dead on the scene.
  • Appeals court hears Trump immunity claim
    Legal arguments will be made in a Washington D.C. appeals court about whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution related to the Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill in 2021.
  • Security fencing on Capitol Hill has become a contentious issue in the debate about how to adjust security protocols after the Jan. 6 riot. The House approved a stand-alone funding bill, but it faces challenges in the Senate.
    From Trauma Counselors To Fencing, What's In The House-Passed Capitol Security Bill
    The House Democrats' $1.9 billion security plan includes more than $730 million to reimburse the National Guard and other agencies for the Jan. 6 attacks. It's fate is unclear in the Senate.
  • Dr. Janet Woodcock, testifying here before Congress in July, has been serving as acting commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration since Jan. 20. Many public health leaders say letting the agency go so long without a permanent director has demoralized the staff and sends the wrong message about the agency's importance.
    The FDA Has Been Without A Permanent Leader For 8 Months As COVID Cases Climb
    Dr. Janet Woodcock, an administrative veteran of the Food and Drug Administration since the 1980s, has been acting director of the agency since January. Why is the permanent job so hard to fill?
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