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Icicles form on the walkway at North Avenue Beach of Lake Michigan in Chicago on Tuesday.

Polar Vortex Causes Midwest States Of Emergency As Cold Pushes Farther South

Wind chill warnings stretch from the Dakotas into Western Pennsylvania. Airlines have canceled thousands of flights, and the governors of Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois have declared emergencies.

The North Korean website promises tourists a cornucopia of attractions, including beautiful hikes and even surfing trips. Unmentioned: the 16 Americans who have been detained by North Korea in the past decade, according to the U.S. State Department.

North Korea Launches Tourism Site — Weeks After Jailed U.S. Tourist's Death

The website promises a "beautiful and picturesque landscape." Pay no mind to the occasional missile test or the arrest, 15-year prison sentence and eventual death of American tourist Otto Warmbier.

A house for lease in San Diego, Oct. 29, 2018.

San Diego Is Still Behind In Building Housing, Keeping Rents And Home Prices Too High

Borre Winckel, president and CEO of San Diego’s Building Industry Association joins Midday Edition Tuesday with the developers perspective on housing in San Diego County.

People protest in the Sudanese city of Kordofan on Dec. 23, days after demonstrations first broke out in the country. Protesters have continued to gather for more than two weeks, calling for the ouster of President Omar al-Bashir.

Protesters Across Sudan Continue To Call For President's Ouster

At least 19 people have died in protests against the long-time Sudanese president, sparked by the government's decision to end bread subsidies last month.

Elizabeth Peacy works on her final presentation for a bachelor's degree program in health information management at San Diego Mesa College, May 16, 2018.

First Students To Earn Bachelor’s Degrees At Mesa College Graduate This Weekend

The graduates are some of the first in the state to earn four-year degrees through a community college.

Graduates of Spelman College during commencement ceremonies on May 19, 2002.

Spelman College Quietly Eliminates One Of The Country's Few Jazz Programs For Women

The selective, historically black women's college in Atlanta has cut the college's once-esteemed jazz program, a rarity within the traditionally male-dominated genre.

A 2018 photo of the cast of "Hundred Days."

San Diego's Top Weekend Events: Monsters, Marriage And Telenovelas

Take a look at what's happening in San Diego's theater scene, including a musical about marriage, a play about Latin telenovelas and a tap-dancing Frankenstein.

'Every Black Person Deserves To See Themselves This Way'

Frustrated by dehumanizing media images of black people, photographer Mikael Owunna uses fluorescent paint and UV light to adorn his subjects in stars, revealing magic as "infinite as the universe."

The enthusiasm generated by former three-term Rep. Beto O'Rourke may seem reminiscent of another politician who had only spent a few years in Congress before running for the White House — President Barack Obama.

Beto O'Rourke Announces His Run For President In 2020

The former Texas congressman raised a national profile, and a lot of campaign money, in his unsuccessful bid to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018. He has been touring the country since.

In this 1945 image, test subjects enter a gas chamber for a U.S. military experiment that will expose them to mustard gas.

For Veterans Mustard-Gassed In Secret Tests, Help Now Sits On President's Desk

More than two years after NPR revealed the U.S. government broke promises to World War II veterans whom it exposed to mustard gas, Congress has passed a bill to help them finally get compensation.

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