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Go Ahead, Sleep On The Job. This Company Will Pay You To Take Naps

EachNight.com is seeking five participants for a study on the effects of napping. They're paying $1,500 for participants to take 30 naps, 30 days in a row.

DeSantis Signs New Voting Law With More Restrictions In Florida

Florida's governor signed a new law that puts new restrictions on voting. Opponents have already filed lawsuits, saying it's aimed at suppressing the Democratic vote.

Brandon Santini Continues To Move Blues Music Forward

Springfield blues musician Brandon Santini continues to move blues music forward. He plays Jazz UpFront in Bloomington on May 8.

A 'we are hiring' sign in front of a store in Miami, Florida. Restaurants and other in-person business are looking to hire more workers as the U.S. jobless rate continues to fall.

Spring Letdown: Hiring Slows In April, Raising New Challenges For Economy

U.S. employers added 266,000 jobs last month, far fewer than analysts had expected. The unemployment rate rose to 6.1%.

This image from video shows Minneapolis police officers Thomas Lane, left, and J. Alexander Kueng, right, escorting George Floyd, center, to a police vehicle outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis, on May 25, 2020. The image was shown as prosecutor Steve Schleicher gave closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of Floyd.

How Using Videos At Chauvin Trial And Others Impacts Criminal Justice

The video of George Floyd's death was critical evidence in the murder trial of convicted ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. That video and others are changing trials and police training.

In a year where loss, grief, technology and identity have been at the forefront of the national conversation, the budding trend of email opt-outs are for many both a welcome change and a sign of what may lie ahead.

In A Grief-Filled Year, Brands From Etsy To Pandora Let You Skip Mother's Day Emails

The small but growing trend is seen as a welcome acknowledgement of people who are grieving, as well as a sign that email marketing is becoming increasingly personalized and socially conscious.

Fourteen people spent 40 days without natural sunlight or clocks. The experiment was part of Deep Time's project to better understand how humans adapt to loosing all sense of time. (Deep Time © Human Adaptation Institute)

Explorer Details His 40 Days In French Cave Without Clocks Or Sunlight

Researchers in France are trying to better understand how humans adapt to losing all sense of time and drastic changes to their environment.

McLean County 5-District Plan Gets Early Nod With GOP Defector

A McLean County Board committee has endorsed cutting the number of County Board districts in half, but a key defection from Republicans could put the plan in jeopardy.

Flowers, balloons and a poster with the Spanish word for "justice" is part of a growing makeshift memorial for Keishla Rodriguez whose lifeless body was found in a lagoon Saturday, at the entrance of where she lived in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Grand Jury Indicts Puerto Rican Boxer Félix Verdejo In Death Of Pregnant Lover

The indictment on Thursday also included charges against Verdejo's accomplice, who officials say was promised some payment to help drug, kill, and dispose of Keishla Marlen Rodríguez Ortiz.

"We're tracking it. We're following it as closely as we can. It's just a little too soon right now to know where it's going to go or what if anything can be done about that," a U.S. Space Command spokesman told reporters.

What Goes Up Must Come Down — Including A Giant Chinese Rocket Plunging Toward Earth

U.S. Space Command says the exact entry point into Earth's atmosphere cannot be pinpointed until hours before its reentry, which is expected sometime around Saturday.

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