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The draft of a new report on climate change minces no words — global warming could have severe impacts. Here's what it means for the Midwest.

Internet activist Aaron Swartz's father told his son's suburban Chicago funeral that the Reddit co-founder was 'killed by the government.'

A recent Stanford University study about the health value of organic produce stirred up a lot of conversation. Is organic produce overrated? Is sustainable produce too costly in terms of price or carbon footprint?

Authorities at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport have held up a shipment of 18 human heads sent from Rome and bound for a facility in the U.S. where they would be used in anatomical research.

To measure stormwater dumping, Friends of the Chicago River are getting their hands dirty.

 Crews have completed the most critical phase of removing bedrock that threatened barges along a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi River in southern Illinois.

Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as hospitals increasingly require employees to get flu shots, with some losing their jobs if they refusal.