One of Chicago's most infamous gang leaders is now asking Gov. JB Pritzker for clemency after winning a pardon from President Donald Trump earlier this year
Plan to sell golf course built on slaves’ graves sparks outrage
A proposal to sell a city-owned golf course built on top of the burial grounds for enslaved people is sparking public outcry in Tallahassee
Families describe deaths, violence in Alabama prisons as they push for change
Family members of people incarcerated in Alabama prison held a rally at the Alabama Capitol
Former world chess champion may face discipline for treatment of Daniel Naroditsky
Chess’s international governing body is considering disciplinary action against a former Russian world champion who persistently leveled unproven cheating allegations at Daniel Naroditsky in the year leading up to the American grandmaster’s death
Alabama to execute man for 1993 murder in state’s latest nitrogen gas execution
Alabama is preparing to execute a man by nitrogen gas for the 1993 murder of a man who was set on fire over a drug debt
How inflatable costumes ballooned at anti-Trump rallies due to a Portland protester’s frog outfit
A growing number of people protesting against President Donald Trump's administration are wearing inflatable costumes at rallies
Darleane Hoffman obituary
Scientist whose research into transuranic elements revised the understanding of nuclear fission Darleane Hoffman’s research into superheavy radioactive elements at the University of California’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and, prior to that, at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, enhanced and extensively revised our knowledge of those elements...
Scientists create pigs resistant to classical swine fever
Gene-edited animals remained healthy when exposed to highly contagious deadly disease Pigs that are resistant to a deadly viral disease have been created by scientists at Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute. The gene-edited animals remained healthy when exposed to classical swine fever (CSF), a highly contagious and often fatal disease. The virus...
Antidepressants differ in side-effects such as weight gain, UK research finds
Notable variations between different medications were found in weight gain or loss, heart rate and blood pressure People taking certain types of antidepressants can gain up to 2kg (4.5lbs) in weight within the first two months of treatment, while patients taking other drugs can lose the equivalent or more, according...
Weight-loss drug cuts heart attack risk regardless of kilograms shed, study finds
Semaglutide study suggests such drugs could have wider benefits, though researchers find shrinking waistlines linked to better heart outcomes The weight-loss drug semaglutide cuts the risk of heart attack or stroke regardless of how many kilograms people lose, the largest study of its kind has found. However, shrinking waist size...