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Last week’s runoff election in Cedar Rapids is sparking interest in rethinking how the city chooses its mayors. The runoff was triggered when no candidate won 50 percent of the vote plus one during the regular election, forcing the top two to face off again. Now the top two candidates say they're open to the city reassessing the runoff process.

Ballots are due Wednesday and the votes are set to be counted Thursday afternoon.

The best parts of Tuesday's live special on ABC came when actors added something new to the decades-old scripts.

Buck O'Neil, the late Negro Leagues first baseman, manager and Major League Baseball coach, had been overlooked for past induction — a point of contention for a long time.

The Canadian province of British Columbia experienced a series of natural disasters this year. People displaced by these two events are now living together at a place called Camp Hope.

Christmas tree farmers in Vermont are not alone — there is high demand amid a nationwide Christmas tree shortage and record high prices.

In an interview with NPR, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission said he was aiming to unveil tougher rules for a hot investment crazed called SPACs by early next year.

Motown founder Berry Gordy, opera star Justino Díaz, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, entertainer Bette Midler and television impresario Lorne Michaels were among those celebrated this weekend.

NPR's David Folkenflik speaks to Shannon O'Neill about U.S.-Mexico relations after the revival of a U.S. policy that forces migrants seeking asylum to wait in Mexico while their cases are being heard.

Jennifer and James Crumbley — parents of the 15-year-old suspect of the Michigan school shooting — were charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter.