The nearly $6.8 billion in frozen federal funds includes more than $240 million in funds meant for Illinois schools, ...

It is intolerable to us that anyone who disgraces the Justice Department would be promoted to one of the highest courts in ...

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A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever recorded, according to new research. Gravitational waves were predicted by ...

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The National Urban League’s annual State of Black America report accuses the federal government of being “increasingly ...

Public television stations will be “forced to make hard decisions in the weeks and months ahead,” PBS CEO Paula Kerger said ...

The legislation, which now moves to the House, would have a tiny impact on the nation’s rising debt but could have major ...

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The City Council’s Zoning Committee voted 13-7 to send the proposal to the full City Council for a final vote, where Alds.