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Rising concerns over water, energy and noise have state and local lawmakers rushing to catch up as they offer proposals to regulate date centers.

Demonstrations against a crackdown on illegal immigrants will likely include thousands of undocumented farmworkers in California. A march and rally is scheduled for the center of Bakersfield, Calif.

Before Hurricane Katrina hit, local, state and federal officials held conference calls to coordinate their responses. In tapes of the meetings obtained by NPR, officials show growing frustrations.

U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Moline, says she will not seek a sixth term in Congress next year.

The murder of Joshua Perkins on Sunday night is raising renewed concerns about activities at the MacArthur Highway Shell gas station.

The Illinois Women Artists Project will host its sixth symposium after taking a year off due to COVID-19.

The sale and possession of synthetic kratom would be banned under an ordinance amendment that had a first reading at this week's Washington City Council meeting.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with San Antonio Express-News reporter Jacob Beltran about the latest develops in the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting.

The war in Gaza is casting a shadow on Ramadan celebrations this year. NPR's Michel Martin visits an Islamic Center in Virginia to hear how Muslims are reflecting on the holy month.

The University of Chicago's hospital will reopen the center on May 1. The move comes after years of pressure from young black activists, who mobilized when an 18-year-old died from gunshot wounds.