Among many other issues, Springfield City Council held hearings on three community and residential rezoning plans Monday night.
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Costco is selling one-ounce gold bars on its website for about $2,000 a piece. Financial advisers caution that Costco is not an expert in handling or dealing with precious metals.
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As winter approaches, Ukraine's military takes stock of the limited gains of its counteroffensive. As the war goes on, support for Ukraine seems to waver — especially among Republicans in Congress.
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces a move by conservative Republicans to oust him. NPR's A Martinez asks Minority Whip Katherine Clark how Democrats will respond.
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For 54 years, the six episodes of A Complete and Utter History of Britain were in vaults of British channel ITV. The unarchived episodes are only available in the U.K. for now.
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Almost all of China's medium and large cities are susceptible to floods. Some experts are promoting a solution called sponge cities — urban landscapes that are softer and meant to absorb more water.
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A 104-year-old woman over the weekend ditched her walker before skydiving from more than 10,000 feet above northern Illinois. Dorothy Hoffner first skydived when she was 100 years old.
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A significant number of new HIV infections happen among Black women, and a health education effort in Atlanta wants to make sure Black women can access the HIV-prevention medicines known as PrEP.
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National polls put Donald Trump far head of his rivals for the GOP presidential nomination. But in the early voting state of New Hampshire, former U.N. Ambassador Haley has vaulted into second place.
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Ukrainian troops make limited progress retaking Russian-occupied land. The fraud trial begins Tuesday for the founder of FTX. Laphonza Butler will make history as California's newest U.S. senator.
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As a film director, Jordan Peele is a master of horror. Now he's curated a book of horror stories called Out There Screaming. He talks to Brittany Luse of the NPR podcast It's Been a Minute.
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Former President Donald Trump and other defendants are accused of exaggerating the value of their real estate. Could he be banned from business in the state?
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Laphonza Butler, a Democratic adviser and labor leader, is expected to be sworn in Tuesday as a U.S. senator representing California. Her appointment could disrupt a crowded Democratic primary race.
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Following a bargaining table agreement between the Writers Guild of America and Hollywood studios, TV's late night talk shows are back.
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NPR's A Martinez talks to Manoush Zomorodi, host of NPR's TED Radio Hour, about the dangers of too much screen time, and the new series examining the relationship between technology and our bodies.