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District 87 Preparing For Another Year Without State Budget

School district superintendents across the state of Illinois are upset with the lack of a state budget again. District 87 Superintendent Barry Reilly said…

Medical students at George Washington University met with residents of Washington, D.C., to find out what challenges they face in managing asthma.

This Med School Teaches Health Policy Along With The Pills

First-year medical students are usually busy studying lots of basic science and medicine. One medical school is making a point of schooling them on how health care delivery affects their patients.

GOP Rep. Cole Comments On Presumptive Nominee Donald Trump

David Greene talks to GOP Congressman Tom Cole of Oklahoma about the impact of Donald Trump on party unity.

A shuttered steel mill in the once-booming steel town of Warren, Ohio. The town's economy has been decimated by closed factories and job losses over the past two decades.

Stuck Between Clinton And Trump: Rust Belt Union Voters Face A Tough Choice

Donald Trump's message on trade — and bringing jobs back home — is resonating with a lot of union workers, even longtime Democrats.

The set of windows at the Washington National Cathedral honors Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, showing scenes from their lives.

National Cathedral Will Remove Confederate Flags From Stained-Glass Windows

The windows, which honor Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, will remain during a period of "public dialogue" on race and slavery. But the battle flags will be replaced with plain glass.

President Obama walks down the Collonade of the White House with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ahead of their meeting Thursday morning.

After White House Meeting, Sanders Reiterates He'll Take Issues To July Convention

While Sanders' dreams of being the Oval Office's next occupant have been set back, many Democrats are questioning when will he give up his fight for the party's presidential nomination.

President Obama, seen in 2011, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on Thursday.

Hillary Clinton 'Thrilled' To Have President Obama's Endorsement

After the bitter primary battle between Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the party seeks to unify ahead of the general election.

Joe Palca (left) with Jim Allison (second from right) and friends, circa 1975. Allison has gone on to make landmark discoveries in science, and is still passionate about outlaw country music.

Cancer Scientist Jams With Willie Nelson One More Time

Joe Palca was fresh out of college in 1975 when he got a job as a lab tech, working for a young scientist and country music fan who would one day harness the immune system to fight cancer.

Kosuke Morita, who led a group of researchers that discovered element 113, speaks at a press conference at in Tokyo on June 9. The name nihonium stems from the fact that element 113 was discovered in Japan, and Nihon is one way to say the country's name in Japanese.

Hello, Nihonium. Scientists Name 4 New Elements On The Periodic Table

The new superheavy, radioactive elements were added to the periodic table last year but given temporary and unremarkable names: ununtrium, ununpentium, ununseptium and ununoctoium.

A scene from Save the Children's "Still the Most Shocking Second a Day" ad, which imagines a young British girl fleeing war in the U.K. and embarking on a dangerous journey.

Are You More Sympathetic Because She's British, And Not Syrian?

A new video ad from Save the Children shows a girl going through the harrowing journey of a Syrian refugee — only she's British and it takes place in London.

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