Order doesn’t always form perfectly—and those imperfections can be surprisingly powerful. In materials like liquid crystals, tiny “defects” emerge when symmetry breaks, shaping everything from cosmic ...

Nothing is so sure as death and taxes and fraud in every do good program the government starts (see Minnesota program fraud allegations). Write: Letters to the editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 330 ...

“Bonus programs delivering needed local housing,” the Dec. 28 commentary by Colin Parent, presents bonus density programs as a success story but ignores the most critical issue in San Diego’s housing ...

Hundreds of private schools have been approved to participate in Texas' new voucher program, many of them Christian institutions located in the state’s largest cities, according to a new map released ...

The phone number that Houston rap great Mike Jones recited iconically in his song "Back Then" is etched into the minds of an entire generation of Houstonians and hip-hop fans. So much so that there's ...

What was once considered one of the most violent cities in the country is now seeing a resurgence. Police said last year, Camden saw its lowest number of homicides in 40 years, and the city is ...

When the news broke of convictions for rampant fraud across several pandemic programs in Minnesota, the $1 billion price tag and over 90 indictments were staggering. We now know this is a very low ...

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.5 billion, the fifth-largest in the game’s history, after no ticket matched all six winning numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing, Dec. 17. The cash ...

Nonfarm payrolls growth totaled a seasonally adjusted 64,000 for the month, better than the Dow Jones estimate of 45,000 and up from a sharp decline of 105,000 in October. The unemployment rate rose ...

You still have a chance at winning over a billion dollars this week after no ticket matched all six numbers in Monday night’s drawing. The prize for Monday surged to $1.1 billion, making it the ...

KSHB 41 News reporter Braden Bates covers parts of Jackson County, Missouri, including Lee's Summit. Send Braden a story idea by e-mail. Several Kansas City nursing programs received grant funding to ...