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The disturbing differences in what men want in their wives and their daughters

August 18, 2019 at 7:21 p.m.

When asked what qualities they want in in a wife, American heterosexual men said they value "attractive" and "sweet" women, a national survey recently found. Only 34 percent, however, said...

A syringe is pictured along West Main Street in downtown Austin, Ind., in Scott County on Tuesday, March 24, 2015.

How an HIV outbreak hit rural Indiana — and why we should be paying attention

August 18, 2019 at 7:06 p.m.

Years ago, William Cooke sensed a crisis building. The only doctor in rural Austin, Indiana, noticed that intravenous drug use was soaring in his town of roughly 4,300, where 23...

This is the Penn State University Kappa Delta Rho fraternity house in State College, Pa., on Tuesday, March 17, 2015.

At Penn State, one woman’s rule at frat parties: Don’t go upstairs

August 18, 2019 at 7:05 p.m.

When Bridget Winch went to parties at Kappa Delta Rho, she observed one rule: Never go upstairs. The petite Penn State sophomore, an engineering major with daisies painted on her...

Firms learning more, saying less about gender gap

March 29, 2019 at 3:24 p.m.

Two years ago, Avon executives made a startling discovery: The company, a beauty brand known for its legions of "Avon ladies," had relatively few women in top management positions. Ninety-eight...

The Goose Island Beer Co. brewery in Chicago, shown in May, draws water from Lake Michigan to make its craft beers. Ian Hughes, a brewery manager, has leveraged concerns about beer quality to raise broader questions about threats to clean water.

Save the beer: Climate change adds urgency to clean-water advocate’s rallying cry

June 17, 2018 at 12:02 p.m.

CHICAGO — On a recent evening, two inches of rain soaked the city, overwhelming the combined sewer system and forcing human waste into the Chicago River. It triggered an outfall...

Faithful reading of hit ‘Book of Mormon’

May 23, 2019 at 1:08 p.m.

"I'm about to do it for the first time," chirps goofy Mormon missionary Elder Cunningham. "And I'm gonna do it with a girl!" The young man in a white shirt...

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