H.S. football players to raise funds for kids’ hospital
Football teams from 2 high schools near Peoria, IL, will raise funds this weekend for St Jude Children's Research Hospital.
New factory jobs may come to Wisconsin
In terms of career-readiness, the government can play a role. Let's start with building manufacturing capacity and talent in the US, if we can.
Trump bans transgender people from military
Transgender policy took center stage today, as Pres Trump declared that transgender people would be banned from military service.
School funding politics and games in IL
School funding is held up in IL, despite approval of a state budget this month, over disagreements between the governor and lawmakers.
Obit: Isaiah Gonzalez; Blue Whale suicide challenge
An online game, Blue Whale suicide challenge, makes its way around the US on social media; some kids have killed themselves while playing.
An astrophysicist asks why we ask, Why?
Scientists are curious people indeed, but all humans are naturally curious about <em>something</em>. What about us makes us that way?
With approved state budget, IL looks at schools
School funding in IL is still threatened, owing to an amendatory veto power Gov Bruce Rauner may have. Lawmakers may have a special session.
This week in Washington (Trump, Sessions, DeVos)
The political banter continues, as the drama escalates in Washington, Baltimore; meanwhile, life marches on for students and Americans.
Some Utah girls want to play football
A lawsuit filed in federal court over Title IX seeks to provide a girls' football team at several high schools in Utah.
An observatory needs volunteers
How big the mirror is makes all the difference when it comes to the ability an optical telescope has of pulling in faint objects in deep space.