Image: A sedge darner dragonfly rests on a leaf. The dragonfly’s compound eyes are each made up of thousands of light- and motion-sensitive units. Photo-Ned Rozell The Piper Super Cub is a nimble favorite of Alaska bush pilots who land on and take off from gravel bars and mountaintops. Engineers who designed the plane […]
The United States’ murder rate has risen over the past two years, driven mostly by violence in a few large cities, a study released Tuesday said. The report from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law showed the national murder rate rose 10 percent in 2015 and an estimated 7.8 […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that the mayor of crime-ridden Chicago, former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, ought to seek federal law enforcement help if he can’t control the soaring murder rate in the country’s third biggest city. Trump, in a Twitter comment, said, “Chicago murder rate is record-setting — 4,331 […]
The Chicago Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years, beating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in 10 innings. The Cubs led 6-3 after the first six innings but Cleveland scored three runs in the bottom of the eight to tie it up. Neither team scored in the ninth, and after a brief rain delay […]