ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Trump administration is planning to use artificial ...

James Magnuson, the Austin author who helped put the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas on the literary map, died Sunday of complications from ALS. He was 84. He wrote nine ...

This winter is seeing record-breaking levels of viral infections. The combination of flu, COVID-19, and norovirus has left many looking for ways to give their immune system a boost. One way to help ...

A federal judge ordered Lindsey Halligan to explain why she continues to identify herself as a U.S. attorney, despite a previous judge's determination that she was unlawfully appointed to the role. In ...

Schistosoma mansoni worms, the cause of schistosomiasis, a microscopic worm that plagues more than 200 million across the globe, are seen through a microscope at the lab of University of Georgia ...

Famed author and University of Chicago alumna Susan Sontag, AB’51, once wrote: “I write—and talk—in order to find out what I think.” A new course in the College is allowing first-years to put that ...

Now in its 113th year, Operation Santa, run by the United States Postal Service, allows children and families to send letters to Santa Claus. Those letters are posted online—personal details ...

Law enforcement officials are warning the public of new methods burglars are using to steal newer cars right from the driveways of their owners. According to two Anaheim Police Department officials, ...

For as long as vow exchanges have existed, there have been those who’ve struggled to write them. The practice asks people to condense their love, appreciation, and commitment to their partner into a ...

During his remarks in the Oval Office this month, President Trump scrambled to explain why National Guard troops are mowing lawns in Washington, D.C. Trump claimed, "We didn't ask them to do it." ...

404 Media (Jason Koebler & Jules Roscoe) has the details. Eugene Volokh is the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of ...

New research in C. elegans from scientists at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) helps explain how changes in the parents’ lysosomes that promote longevity are transferred to their offspring.