WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

The seismic event driving the 2010 midterm elections has triggered a tsunami: Republicans have swept to control of the House of Representatives.That's the biggest story so far in a turbulent election that followed a volatile and intensely negative political campaign season.Results so far show a deci

In Maryland, where I live, there's a 1 in 119 chance that I'll hit a deer with my car in the next year.Overall, there's a 1 in 183 chance of an American driver doing the same thing, according to claims data crunched by insurer State Farm.

The cholera epidemic in Haiti is slowly spreading into new areas, mostly in the north of the country.

Updated At: 5:15pm on 10/29/2010U.S. officials say they believe two packages bound for the United States contained the same powerful explosive used in the failed Christmas Day airline bombing.

Scientists have discovered a molecule in the brain that may help erase the fearful memories that afflict people with post-traumatic stress disorder.The substance, described in an online edition of the journal Science, was found in mice.

There are two vaccines that give up to 90 percent protection against cholera – at least in the short term. But don't expect them to get widespread use to contain Haiti's current cholera epidemic.Dr.

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill isn't making the headlines it did this summer, but that doesn't mean the oil is gone.