Research showing neutrinos have mass awarded Nobel Prize
Physicists Takaaki Kajita of Japan and Arthur McDonald of Canada won the prize for the discovery that the subatomic particles called neutrinos have mass.
98-day budget impasse could delay 911 calls
Illinois has racked up more than $6 billion in unpaid bills, and government services—including emergency services—are in jeopardy.
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Making the most of muck in the Cuyahoga River
After Ohio banned open lake dumping of dredged material from the Cuyahoga River, companies are coming up with alternative uses for the muck.
The Bloggess is determined to be “Furiously Happy”
Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness in “Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things.“
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Violins give voice to horrors of Holocaust
Once owned by the inmates of Nazi concentration camps, a collection of stringed instruments have been restored and are now part of a three-month exhibit in Cleveland.
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Mass shootings by the numbers
The Mass Shooting Tracker shows the shooting in Oregon yesterday was the 294th mass shooting in 2015.
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Kentucky clerk Kim Davis had a secret meting with the Pope
Davis, who has refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, says she met the pope at the Vatican Embassy in Washington. The Vatican is acknowledging the meeting took place.
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MacArthur ‘Genius’ Focuses On Immigrant Education In Chicago
Juan Salgado is one of 24 winners of this year’s MacArthur Foundation “genius grants,” who will each receive $625,000 over five years.
Facebook plans to bring internet to regugees
The announcement by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg comes as welcome news to many, but not without criticism.
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Pre-K study shows early gains wear off
Vanderbilt University researchers found that students who did not attend pre-kindergarten quickly caught up to students who did.
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