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  • Rand elected Peoria County Board chairman
    The Peoria County Board elected a new chairman Monday night. Andrew Rand was overwhelmingly elected. The Democrat replaces outgoing chairman Tommy…
  • Infrastructure Bill Expected To Pass As Early As Monday Night
    The Senate pushed the bill — one of President Biden's top priorities — closer to passage on Sunday.
  • The exterior of the Los Alamos National Laboratories facility.
    Lab Suspends Employees Over Missing Data
    The Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico places 15 employees on mandatory leave as the FBI investigates the disappearance of two data storage devices containing classified information. The incident raises questions over the balance between protecting top secret research at the nuclear weapons lab and scientists who value working unhindered by elaborate security measures. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.
  • Republican presidential hopeful and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks after results came in for the New Hampshire primaries during a watch party in Concord, New Hampshire.
    Unpacking the New Hampshire primary
    Spoiler: Biden and Trump came out on top.
  • New START negotiator Rose Gottemoeller speaks to reporters in 2010 in Washington, D.C. The acting undersecretary of state for arms control is looking into ways social media tools can help regulate nuclear weapons.
    A New Weapon Against Nukes: Social Media
    A top State Department official wants to unleash the power of Twitter, Facebook and other services to crowdsource the fight to control the world's nuclear weapons.
  • News brief: U.K. politics, Steve Bannon sentencing, U.S. housing market
    The revolving door at No. 10 Downing Street keeps turning. Steve Bannon faces sentencing for defying the Jan. 6 committee's subpoena. Interest rates throw cold water on the once-hot housing market.
  • Choice of Miers Draws Mixed Political Reviews
    The nomination of top White House lawyer Harriet Miers to replace the retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court draws mixed reviews from both sides of the political aisle. Conservative Republicans aren't happy.
  • Monitors Skeptical Belarus Vote Will Be Fair
    Belarus will hold presidential elections Sunday, and the current president, Alexander Lukashenko, is widely expected to win. The European Union and the United States accuse Lukashenko of crushing human rights, and warn of new punitive measures if the election is declared unfair.
  • Corinne Manley (left), veterinarian Kat Salcetti, Dominic Deluna, and dog mom Trochie Riley and her son watch as Salcetti takes off Momo's collar. Volunteer veterinarians and vet techs from Houston clinics were treating injuries, giving out warm towels to the soaking wet animals, and cleaning and disinfecting them from the dirty water.
    Houston Shelter Offers Respite For Pets And Their Owners Displaced By Harvey
    Before a convention center opened its doors and volunteer care to pets, their owners had to make a tough choice: Take shelter or stay with animals in floodwaters. But anxiety looms around what's next.
  • Survey: African Americans Fearful Of U.S. Economy
    And now another chapter in our series on African-American lives. NPR conducted a poll of African Americans with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health. The survey found optimism but many respondents expressed fears about the economy.
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