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Despite some progress, the biggest blazes — the Palisades and Eaton fires — rage largely uncontained. On Friday evening, the LA Fire Department issued new evacuation orders for the Palisades fire.

Author Jeff Biggers and director Andrew Davis, known for "The Fugitive," "Holes," and "The Guardian," wrote the thriller "Disturbing the Bones." They're signing books and introducing Davis' film "The Package" at The Last Picture House on Thursday, Oct. 24th, starting at 6 p.m.

The Putnam Museum and Science Center will officially launch its premier donor circle, the Putnam 1867 Society, at a cocktail reception, “Raise the Dinosaur,” on Thursday, April 23 at 6 p.m.

For this month's issue of Texas Monthly, writers Jeff McCord and John Morthland took on an ambitious assignment: coming up with a list of the 100 best Texas songs. The task required the two to make agonizing decisions, between "On the Road Again," "Always on My Mind," "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" — and that's just music from Willie Nelson. McCord and Morthland discuss their choices with NPR's Melissa Block.

A Bloomington-Normal historian says bicycles were once a top export from the state of Illinois. Manufacturing centers in the state, including Peoria and Chicago, made two-thirds of all bicycles sold in the country in 1898.

Election workers across 22 different states told NPR they've received threats or felt unsafe doing their jobs, and many are worried for what the 2024 presidential election will bring.

The government's colossal failure to respond after Hurricane Katrina led to major reforms at the nation's top disaster agency. Now, the Trump administration has reversed some of those changes.

The push for generational change in the Democratic Party faces a test in a Chicago-area congressional district, where the top candidates span three generations: from Gen X and millennials to Gen Z.

For the tenth year, Peregrine falcons are nesting at the top of the Mid-American Energy building in downtown Davenport. And Wednesday, the company and…

The CDC director endorses booster shots for at-risk workers. The House panel probing the Jan. 6 attack issues subpoenas to four ex-Trump officials. The U.S. hosts a summit that will talk about China.