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The top local stories this afternoon from KERA News: If you thought last weekend marked the end of highway construction headaches in downtown Dallas, just…

Diplomats at the United Nations are calling for peace. They held an emergency meeting after Russia blocked a security council resolution calling on Russia to withdraw.

The UN Security Council may soon approve an international intervention for Haiti, as gangs continue solidify their control over the country and civilians pay a heavy price.

A multimillion-dollar deal to provide ski lifts for a resort in North Korea has been cancelled, after Switzerland's government decided the deal violated U.N. sanctions forbidding the export of luxury items to the country.

The charges come at a politically sensitive time for the island's government, which is projecting a polished image to Congress as island leadership expect billions of dollars in recovery aid.

Siti Aisyah of Indonesia was freed Monday after Malaysian prosecutors unexpectedly dropped the murder charge against her. Kim Jong Nam was killed after a nerve agent was spread on his face in 2017.

The antitrust lawsuit against Google is the most significant action the federal government has taken against a technology company in two decades. Google calls the lawsuit "deeply flawed."

KERA has refocused its approach to commentaries on the radio and the web. We aim to explore the issues of the day, but not in the type of pieces you’d routinely find on op-ed pages of newspapers. Instead, we do it through storytelling and personal experiences. Diversity is a primary goal – across politics, ethnicity, age, geography. KERA aims to sound more like North Texas, with a wide variety of voices covering a wide variety of topics.Immediacy is key. When reflecting on a news event, the piece should be turned around within a couple of days. Airing more than a week after a news event is often too late. And, when a news event can be anticipated, we try to air the commentary the day of that event.Brevity is crucial. The piece should not exceed three minutes. Read aloud and time the commentary before submitting it.So is food for thought. A good radio commentary gives the media consumer something to think about well after its presentation ends, not just the writer’s point of view.Here are a few examples that fit the criteria:Bret Wooten’s Dark Secrets of the Classroom, which won a national award from the Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI).William Holston’s Confronting Bigotry In Others And Ourselves.Lee Cullum's Remembering Muhammad Ali.Diane Brown's We Had A Rocky Start, But My Mother-In-Law Gave Me A Precious Gift.How To SubmitSubmit commentaries by email, with a suggested two-sentence host introduction and a one-sentence “tagline” for the host to read that describes the commentator (Ex: “Jane Doe is a writer from Dallas.”) Please include your complete contact information: email address, phone number, Twitter and Facebook handles.Whom To ContactSam Baker, Senior EditorEmail: sbaker@kera.org | Phone: 214-740-9244 | Twitter: @srbkera

The new head of the U.N. World Food Program is visiting Darfur, where more than 200,000 people have been killed and millions have been displaced by fighting between African rebels and Arab militias known as janjaweed, which are backed by government troops.

Rising prices are a top concern for voters in this year's midterm elections, outpacing abortion, crime and defending democracy. Prices in September were up 8.2% from a year ago.