The number of children employed illegally in the U.S. is soaring, Labor Department figures show. Sometimes that work kills them.

A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.

A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.

On 6 December 1989, a man entered a mechanical engineering classroom at Montreal’s École Polytechnique armed with a semi-automatic weapon. After separating t...

On 30 November of this year, all staff in the Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting section of the University of Aberdeen were told that they are at risk of redundancy, opening a false choice...

Israel, the United States and Hamas are close to an agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza, in exchange for the first sustained pause in conflict in Gaza, according to peo...

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Exonerated “Central Park Five” member Yusef Salaam won a seat Tuesday evening on the New York City Council.

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Using lame as a derogatory term is as dangerous and ill-considered as using the term gay in the same context. I know. I'm both: I'm a dyke and I have MS. I walk with elbow crutches. I am, literally, l...

Republicans are likely to pick up at least three seats, bolstering their thin House majority.