TRI STATES - Site Search

Even though the race for Illinois governor is over, Gov. Pat Quinn and Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner continue to be at odds, this time over the minimum…

An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter hold his position in the mountains east of Mosul.

Ill-Equipped And Underpaid, Kurdish Fighters Hold ISIS At Bay

With Iraq's military in tatters and U.S. forces gone, the Kurdish peshmerga is the only viable force to stave off ISIS in Iraq. With little support from Baghdad, discontent grows among the fighters.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra bassist Michael Kurth stands on the picket line for a silent protest during the lockout in September. The orchestra announced this weekend that it had reached a new four-year contract with musicians.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Reaches Labor Deal With Musicians

The Grammy award-winning ensemble will open the first concert of its 70th anniversary season with Beethoven's ninth symphony, the "Ode to Joy."

James Earl Jones was born in Mississippi and grew up in Michigan. He was adopted by his grandparents and eventually developed a stutter. "I'm still a stutterer," he says. "I just work with it."

James Earl Jones: From Stutterer To Janitor To Broadway Star

The 83-year-old was once a farm kid who didn't want to talk. Today, the unmistakable stage and screen actor (not to mention the voice of Darth Vader) still calls himself a "journeyman actor."

Lower oil prices, while good for the economy, are a threat to what has been a dramatic surge in oil production in the U.S.

Low Gas Prices Haven't Slowed Domestic Drilling — Yet

With gas prices plunging below $3 a gallon, motorists have plenty to celebrate. But people in oil-producing states, where low prices mean fewer jobs and less government revenue, are starting to worry.

The Normandy American Cemetery is home to hundreds of American World War II veterans, including Eugene Vigosky.

Friend's Visit To Veteran's Normandy Grave Gives Family Closure

Eugene Vigosky is one of thousands of Americans killed in World War II buried at the American Cemetery in Normandy. Reporter Tim Lambert, a friend of the Vigoskys, visited the grave site.

Iowa Court of Appeals Reviews Lee County Firing

The Iowa Court of Appeals will weigh in on a "whistleblower" case out of Lee County in December.The Lee County Board of Supervisors fired Rick Carter in…

Tacheles, a squat in the central district of Mitte, 1990. Spots like this one often became clubs or art spaces in the years following German reunification.

In Berlin, A Beat That Bloomed From Rubble

Today Berlin is a techno hot spot. The scene has its roots in the fall of the Berlin Wall, when young people from East and West got together in abandoned buildings to dance and celebrate together.

An employee at a frozen foods company in eastern Germany checks carrots for quality.

Whether Green With Envy Or Tickled Pink, We Live In A Color-Coded World

Red means stop; green means go. You live in a red state or a blue state. Elizabeth Blair kicks off NPR's color series with a look at the way color organizes our lives — in ways we don't even realize.

The president of Catalonia's regional government, Artur Mas, casts his ballot Sunday in a symbolic vote on whether to break away from Spain. Some 81 percent of voters opted for independence, but Spain says the vote was illegal and will not be recognized.

Catalonia Votes For Independence; Spain Says It Won't Happen

Spain's northeast region voted overwhelmingly in favor of breaking away. But the result won't be recognized by Spain, which says the vote was illegal.

Search results for