President Donald Trump is in Iowa today for a speech on the economy and energy. The Des Moines Register will offer a livestream and live coverage throughout the day. His visit to the state comes as a ...

The Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ and University of Chicago will quiz the top Democratic candidates vying for retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s seat Monday evening in a debate co-hosted by UChicago’s ...

SUN PRAIRIE - To borrow a phrase from Emily Dickinson, "a light exists in spring not present on the year at any other period" – and, if you trust Jimmy the Groundhog, that light is coming early. The ...

Astronomers suspect that a massive metallic cloud swirling in a nearby star system could be hiding a giant planet or dwarf star from view, after it drastically dimmed a sun-like star for around nine ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district pleaded guilty Thursday, and admitted to falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen on a federal form and illegally ...

U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024, an increase of more than six months from the previous year and a new record that reflects ⁠a sharp decline in deaths from COVID-19 and other ...

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NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a M7.9-class solar flare. See footage of the blast in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO/helioviewer.org | edited by Steve ...

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to age 79, on average, an increase of more than half a year from 2023, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics released ...

Protests across California are escalating — with the most volatile scenes unfolding in Los Angeles — as the “ICE Out of Everywhere” movement and a nationwide Jan. 30 shutdown surge in response to the ...

The home addresses of Florida judges — even the cities where they live — are secret, ostensibly for reasons of security. So it’s not easy to know where the newest Supreme Court justice, Adam Tanenbaum ...