Chicago Cancels Public School Classes As Teachers' Strike Looms
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Wednesday that she expects the teachers union to move ahead with a strike after a contract agreement wasn't reached. (Image credit: Teresa Crawford/AP)
View ArticleCensus Bureau Asks States For Driver's License Records To Produce Citizenship...
The Census Bureau is gathering records on people's U.S. citizenship status as part of Trump administration efforts to produce data that a GOP strategist said could politically benefit Republicans....
View Article'One Of The Worst Forms Of Evil': More Than 330 Arrested In Child Porn Site Bust
The porn website has been shut down and 23 children were rescued. "You may try to hide behind technology, but we will find you and we will arrest and prosecute you," a federal official warns. (Image...
View ArticleFamily 'Ambushed' By Trump Suggestion To Meet With Woman Who Caused Fatal Crash
The president said his meeting with the parents of 19-year-old Harry Dunn "was beautiful in a certain way," before arguing that driving the wrong way in Europe "happens to a lot of people." (Image...
View ArticleGifted Students With Autism Find An Intellectual Oasis In Iowa
A center at the University of Iowa is making sure that its programs for gifted teens include those with autism spectrum disorders. (Image credit: Jeremy Leung for NPR)
View ArticleHospital Giant Sutter Health Agrees To Settlement In Big Antitrust Fight
Health care costs in Northern California, where Sutter Health dominates, are 20% to 30% higher than in Southern California, even after adjusting for cost of living. Settlement terms aren't yet public....
View ArticleNASA's First All-Female Spacewalk Set For Friday
Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will replace a faulty power regulator on the International Space Station. Only 15 women have participated in spacewalks, and all were accompanied by men....
View ArticleBritish Family Who Made Unauthorized U.S.-Canada Border Crossing Has Been...
A vacationing family says it was "treated like criminals" in federal detention. U.S. authorities say two adults in the group had previously been denied authorization to come to the United States.
View ArticleMcConnell Prepares Senate For Trump Impeachment Trial As Inquiry Escalates
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell briefed his caucus on what a Trump impeachment trial could look like in the Upper Chamber. It could last weeks, and begin after the Thanksgiving holiday. (Image...
View ArticleChicago Teachers Will Go On Strike, Capping Years Of Social Justice Activism
For the second time in seven years, Chicago Public Schools teachers will be on strike starting Thursday, walking out of class, they say, in the name of better schools. (Image credit: John Gress/Corbis...
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