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Chicago high school seniors won't graduate with their class after they allegedly lied about completing the school’s community service requirement.
1. Massive Sinkhole Opens at Football StadiumFile this under rare: a huge sinkhole opened up Monday on the football field at Austin Peay State University in Nashville. It measures nearly 40 feet across and upwards of 30 feet deep, and officials blame it on years of rain eating away at the limestone.
New rules passed by the extremist Republicans in control of the North Carolina legislature aimed at silencing Moral Monday protesters didn’t stop nearly 5,000 civil rights, labor, faith, environmental and other activists from turning out for the first Moral Monday action of the new legislative session Monday night.
Officials from the city of Moore and all across the state of Oklahoma join together to commemorate the one-year anniversary of an EF5 tornado that leveled the city.
One of the most expensive high school football stadiums in America — a $60 million behemoth in Texas — will be closed this fall because the concrete is cracking, and a report commissioned by the school district says it may not have been designed to code.
A Missouri death-row inmate who says a birth defect would make a lethal injection too painful filed a new appeal on Tuesday as the clock ticked down on his execution.
In a new regular feature around here, we'll be taking a look at the villains who are doing their best to prevent the United States from raising wages for all or some Americans. We're going to try to take a look at more than just the usual suspects in these posts, and we'll probably stay away from government officials—or the most obvious wage suppressors, corporations like Walmart—to give you a look at other key players who are part of the problem but maybe not as obvious at first glance.
A camera along the Nebraska-Colorado border captures time-lapse footage as an isolated thunderstorm, better known as a "Supercell," builds power while crossing the high plains.
Rhonda Crosswhite, the hero teacher who threw herself on top of several students and saved their lives last year, suffers from fear and lingering physical pain. But she’s thankful for having made it out alive.
