Cancer is much less common in elephants than in humans, even though the big beasts' bodies have many more cells. That's a paradox known among scientists, and now researchers think they may have an explanation — one they say might someday lead to new ways to protect people from cancer.
A push to overhaul criminal sentencing is prompting the early release of thousands of federal drug prisoners, including some whom prosecutors once described as threats to society, according to an Associated Press review of court records.
The Black Lives Matter network will skip a presidential endorsement but keep up its political activism by confronting candidates about the treatment of African-Americans in the United States, one of the group's founders says.
By: Norman Parish - September 23, 2015 12:46 p.m.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is calling for a $588 million property tax increase over the next four years in his 2016 budget – the biggest tax hike in the city’s history.
Officials, lawmakers and civil rights groups commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by calling for much-needed updates to the law.
Visiting residents on tidy porch stoops and sampling the fried chicken at a corner restaurant, President Barack Obama held out the people of New Orleans last month as an extraordinary example of renewal and resilience 10 years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
By: Evan F. Moore - September 2, 2015 2:38 p.m.
When social media got wind of a predominately African-American female book club getting kicked off of a Napa Valley wine train for laughing too loud on August 22, others who have witnessed similar incidents, created the hashtag “#LaughingWhileBlack.”
The push for a higher minimum wage gained momentum on both sides of the country last month, with New York embracing an eventual $15 an hour for the state’s 200,000 fast-food workers and the huge University of California system announcing the same raise for its employees.
Brookfield Zoo’s summertime event, Summer Nights, sponsored by Meijer and the Illinois Farm Bureau, is back and it’s bigger and better than ever! The evening celebration will feature cool jams and fun activities for the whole family until 9:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays through August 8.
By: Norman Parish - July 30, 2015 11:45 a.m.
What should you do when a cop pulls you over during a traffic stop?
Drivers should simply comply with the officer’s orders, said several law enforcement experts.
By: Larissa M. Tyler - July 22, 2015 3:35 p.m.
“We don’t want it!” “We don’t it!” We don’t want it!”
That is what nearly 100 members of the Eight Ward Accountability Coalition (EWAC), a neighborhood organization, angrily chanted during a recent community meeting in protest of a proposed opening of a medical marijuana dispensary in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan last month released a set of rights that outlines what families should be able to expect for their children's education.
The Global Peace Index measures the state of peace in 162 countries according to 23 indicators that gauge the absence of violence or the fear of violence. It is produced annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention documented a 364 percent increase in new cases of Hepatitis C in Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Virginia. Of the four states, only Kentucky has passed legislation to allow for syringe exchanges. Such programs remain illegal in Virginia. West Virginia is considering implementing a pilot program, citing the Hepatitis C epidemic.
Congress approved sweeping changes last week to surveillance laws enacted after the Sept. 11 attacks, eliminating the National Security Agency's disputed bulk phone-records collection program and replacing it with a more restrictive measure to keep the records in phone companies' hands.
