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In the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting, there's been renewed talk of assault weapons bans and other gun control measures. But such legislation won't even be called for a vote in Illinois' state legislature this week, even though shootings and homicides have spiked in Chicago, topping 500 in the last year. So Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his police department are renewing community policing in an effort to improve community relations and reduce violent crime.

Last year, a loose alliance of environmentalists, economists, and critics of industrial agriculture pushed — once again — for fundamental changes in U.S. farm subsidies. They failed. Even minimal reforms got discarded by Congressional leaders in the rush to resolve the government's fiscal crisis. But some reformers are cheered by the fact that farm lobbyists also failed to get what they wanted — a generous new Farm Bill. The two sides will renew their battle when Congress reconvenes.

Ada Louise Huxtable, the award-winning architecture critic for the New York Times, died at the age of 91. She was a pioneer of modern architecture criticism and was known for her clever and sometimes biting words. Paul Goldberger, contributing editor and architecture critic for Vanity Fair, speaks with Melissa Block about Huxtable's legacy.

At a pretrial hearing Tuesday at Fort Meade, a military judge said some of the punishment given to Pvt. Bradley Manning while he was in solitary confinement was "more rigorous than necessary." He is accused of sending a mass of classified documents to the website WikiLeaks.

One of the world's most basic cooking ingredients could be the key to protecting some of Europe's most stunning buildings. The limestone used in England's 800-year-old York Minster is particularly vulnerable to pollution. The oleic acid in olive oil, British researchers say, may provide the protective coating needed to prevent further decay.

Cold rain, heavy winds and crowded conditions at a camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan led to a riot on Tuesday. Several aid workers were injured at the Zaatari camp — as Dale Gavlak of the Associated Press tells Melissa Block.

Riccardo Muti conducts the CSO and Chorus in the Cherubini Requiem.Brahms: SchicksalsliedSchoenberg: Kol Nidre (Alberto Mizrahi, narrator)Cherubini:…

Riccardo Muti conducts Beethoven 5.Prokofiev: The Meeting of the Volga and the DonShostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Ildar…

Vasily Petrenko makes his CSO debut.Elgar: Cockaigne OvertureBarber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14 (Robert Chen, violin)Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E…

Harry Bicket conducts a new work by composer-in-residence Anna ClyneBach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6Clyne: Prince of Clouds [CSO Co-Commission]Stravinsky:…