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How can a plane just disappear? Investigators are still asking that question in the case of Malaysia Air 370. But an earlier crash of Air France 447 has inspired an independent movie that is showing at the Normal Public Library this Saturday.

An ISU political scientist says top Republican leaders will play the hand they are dealt with Donald Trump, in spite of a series of self inflicted wounds by the GOP Presidential candidate this week.

It's our regular recap of the week's top local news stories. Last week: Police Arrested two men for allegedly drugging and raping a woman during ISU Preview.An ISU professor and a group of students gave live updates during the Republican National Convention.The Normal Town Council approved funding for the Raab Road project and lighting for the Normal Theater.Catch up on these stories and more in just five minutes.

Sunday, August 7 is Friendship Day. In honor of that, The Tea Ladies have organized a special event at the Vrooman Mansion in Bloomington. 'Treasure Thy Friend - Celebrating the Joy of Friendship' is at 3:30 PM and reveals the special meaning of friendship in the Victorian Era.

This weekend marks a year since Mitsubishi Motors told the community and its workers the auto plant in Normal would close. Many workers have had tremendous changes in that year. Among them Ralph Timan and his wife Mitzi.

Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the GOP convention was a litany of problems he said the country faces. It was nothing like Ronald Reagan's famous slogan "It's morning in America."

Check in with Mick Hannah, one of several Mitsubishi employees we’ve followed since the shutdown was announced a year ago this Sunday. Many scattered to new careers. Where Mick Hannah landed was no surprise to anyone, except himself. In the second of three interviews with ex-Mitsubishi workers, hear about Mick Hannah's new career at a bicycle shop. Hear from the ISU contingent at the GOP Convention in Cleveland. Plus, a look at the new all-female Ghostbusters film.

2016 has been a year of major loss in the music community. But halfway through the year, an incredible array of music has been released to help the healing process. WGLT's Taylor Bauer takes a look at five releases that caught his eye in the first half of 2016. Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool An album with the gravitas of a funeral might seem like an odd choice for a year that's had so much of that already. What Radiohead masters on this record, however, is finding the beauty in the bad, and the

Timing is everything in the garden, and for Karen in the Twin Cities, it's all about her boxwoods and yews. Should it be spring? Fall? Summer? Murph has some timely advice.

A supernatural film comedy classic lives again in a reboot that's thrilled some and annoyed others. When the Ghostbusters reboot was announced with an all female cast, a cry of foul arose from the internet as fans of the original film felt a reboot with women was akin to movie heresy. But GLT's culture critic, Shari Zeck has some advice for the outraged: Chill out and enjoy.

The Republican national convention was designed around presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign theme, "Make America Great Again," with different subtitles such as Make America Safe Again, Make America Work Again and so on. ISU politics and government professor Tom McClure said during Sound Ideas, podium speakers at the Cleveland event have done a poor job of sticking to the theme.