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CHICAGO — A flood watch is in effect for several Illinois counties as well as northwest Indiana as storms are expected to continue through late Wednesday night, officials said.

The watch covers portions of Illinois ...Read more

When it comes to charging your phone, is it better to use a wired or wireless charger?

Does it even make a difference?

The vast majority of phones sold today have a USB-C charging port. Apple was really the last ...Read more

Here's a question I get often: What is a good set of over-the-head headphones for traveling that won’t break the bank. And since traveling often includes flying, you want them to include some sort of noise-canceling.

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ProbablyMonsters launched its first two games last year, “Ire: A Prologue” and “Storm Lancers,” and the independent game company is following that up with two more projects that are more ambitious. The first is �...Read more

A subhead for a recent New York Times story about the audit of a federal department read, "Auditors declined to opine on the agency's financial numbers."

"O the Times! O the Customs!" emailed one of my readers, slyly ...Read more

It was time for “Monster Hunter Stories” to grow up. Capcom’s spinoff of its popular action role-playing game started as a “Pokémon”-like adventure, one in which players rode monsters instead of slaying them. ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — She was a young coyote, healthy and stout, with thick auburn fur so vibrant it reflected off the snow.

He was a biologist, holding a tranquilizer, who had been trying for a few years to trap and collar a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When President Donald Trump announced Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick for Health and Human Services secretary, he declared that the appointment marked the return of "Gold Standard Scientific Research" in ...Read more

On April 15th, 1865, Andrew Johnson became the 17th President of the United States.

The mighty-but-little-known Amargosa River gained dubious national recognition this week.

Without intervention preventing mining and solar farm development, the river that makes life possible in one of America’s ...Read more

OTTAWA, Kan. — Kendal Anderson had just moved from Kansas City to Ottawa two months ago, bringing his wife, Natalie, and their five children to their new home after securing a job at TruComp Pipe, a manufacturer of high-...Read more

Millions in the streets. An unpopular war. Violence. And in the middle of all that: a moonshot.

The parallels between today and 1968 are eerie.

Nearly 60 years ago, civil rights marches and anti-Vietnam-war rallies burst...Read more

OTTAWA, Kan. — Randy and Gwen McCurdy stood on their porch off Main Street on Monday night in Ottawa, Kansas, scanning the sky for signs of the storm.

Then the sirens sounded.

“There was no rain,” said Randy ...Read more

Americans’ concerns about being able to afford electricity and home heating fuel are elevated since the beginning of the Iran war. But newly released nationwide data shows that even before the war began, these ...Read more

Each year a baby goes through about 3,000 diapers, essential care products that are in continuous contact with sensitive skin. But manufacturers are not required to completely disclose what disposable diapers are made of, ...Read more

On April 14th, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth.