Though Chicago remains the third-largest city in the United States, behind New York and Los Angeles, fourth-place Houston continued to close the gap, moving to within 380,492 residents of Chicago, according to the US Census…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Mission control consoles used by NASA to guide trips to the moon are being restored by experts in Kansas and will soon be returned to the control room in Houston, Texas,…
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) Police in coastal Texas have captured a pair of runaway emus that had been on the lam for a day after escaping from their owners backyard. Emus arent permitted in Galveston,…
It was easy to believe. A 7-year-old black girl had been shot to death while riding in a car with her mother and three sisters. Witnesses described the possible assailant as a white man. Immediately…
Jim Allison lost his mother, a brother, two uncles and a cousin to cancer, but he says he never set out to find a cure for the disease. Like many great scientists, he was driven…
Its hard to say no when youve been offered a shot at your dream job. Miranda Peters did so, twice. It was mostly out of loyalty, and other reasons. Peters, who grew up gazing at…