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Though defined from the start by outsiders — hip-hop flyover country one day, scrutiny magnet the next — Chicago's poets, brawlers and hustlers remain the last word on what gives the city its soul.

This theoretical physicist and mathematician drops a new video several times a month, dispensing her dry wit and pithy wisdom to a loyal fan base of nerds across the internet.

Family clans in Gaza are being called on to help distribute aid to a starving population. Here's why it matters and how it could shape postwar security.

Georgia is an important state for both former President Donald Trump and President Biden in 2024. It's also a state with the clearest examples of the obstacles each faces in his path to victory.

Roughly 50 American voting jurisdictions have now moved to a ranked choice voting system, and it's shaping up to be one of the political subplots of 2024.

Changes to hiring and retention practices grew the department by 19,000 people in four years. But former officials warn that's still not enough for Trump's ambitious policy goals.

Clean energy is crucial to meet rising U.S. electricity demand, according to industry analysts and executives. But the Trump administration's actions could slow development.

Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at 15 in 2006, is known in the Catholic Church as "God's influencer" for harnessing technology to spread the word about miracles.

President Biden had made a career of digging in and proving the doubters wrong — until he finally met a political crisis he couldn't ride out.

The Israel-Gaza war moves into its third year today. And, examining President Trump's power to deploy the National Guard.

Since South Africa went into lockdown in late March, the country's social divisions have been brought into sharper focus than ever.

Hurricane Ian targets Florida after hitting Cuba. Seismologists suspect explosions damaged undersea pipelines that carry Russian gas. President Biden will announce plans to try to tackle hunger.

The commercials during this year's game weren't serious or poignant enough to speak to the modern moment.

Many of those who led the first protests against Myanmar's coup were minority rights activists, garment workers, student groups and others who had butted heads with Aung San Suu Kyi and her party.

Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, one of the most influential figures in the American musical theater, has died. He was 91.

Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, arguably the greatest artist in the American Musical Theater, has died. He was born March 22, 1930.

President Trump's administration has fired more than 20,000 federal workers. How does the federal workforce compare with those of other countries?

The people who take care of and educate children under 5 years old, who are too young to be vaccinated, are in a special kind of hell right now.

Where trees are growing — and who has access to their shade — affects health and well-being, especially in Florida, one of the hottest states in the country.

Students say they suffered broken bones, concussions and other injuries from allegedly aggressive police action breaking up pro-Palestinian protests last week.

An isolated city on the Amazon illustrates why Peru has the highest COVID death rate in the world. One infectious disease expert called the country's awful record the result of a "perfect storm."

The government is offering a hefty tax credit to buyers of electric vehicles, but taking advantage of it is not straightforward. Here's what you need to know.

MSC Cruises will be the first major cruise company to become carbon neutral.Starting on January 1, 2020, MSC Cruises will buy enough credits from…

Some students are putting down home addresses instead of their college ones on COVID testing forms — slowing the transfer of case data and hampering contact tracing across state and county lines.

Americans continue to say they approve of how the president is handling the coronavirus pandemic, but he may be running into speed bumps because of inflation and other issues.