School day falls short in poorer districts
The bell rings at 3:20 p.m. at Marie Murphy School in Wilmette, sounding the end of a seven-hour and 20-minute day for middle-schoolers, one of the longest in the state....
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Safety is casualty as firms chase profits in coal country
Even as many underground coal mines slowly improve their safety records, America's Appalachian coal cradle is plagued by rising injury rates and growing numbers of safety violations linked to company...
CDC left in dark on E. coli tests
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is being stymied in its investigation of illnesses related to a huge beef recall because it cannot gain access to information about...
U.S. using new law on secret evidence
Employing a controversial strategy, the U.S. Justice Department says it plans to use secret evidence to justify the financial sanctions it imposed on a Chicago-area Muslim charity as part of...
Test success can come cheap
Kenilworth's Joseph Sears School has a rich history and a reputation for excellence: 93 percent of its students passed state achievement tests this year. Taxpayers spend a hefty $10,676 per...
75% of city’s grade schools on warning list
The Illinois State Board of Education put three-fourths of Chicago's public grammar schools on its Academic Early Warning List on Wednesday after most pupils at those schools again failed the...
Still to close to call
The most comprehensive study of the troubled presidential election in Florida shows the main culprits were simple and fixable: ballot design, inconsistent election rules and voter error. The yearlong review...
Threat scenarios spur new alerts
Crop-dusting airplanes were grounded across the country Monday for a second straight day and trucking companies were on high alert as the FBI continued to investigate whether terrorists planned to...
Officials scour U.S. for clues
The investigation into the monumental terrorist assaults in New York and Washington wound through manicured Florida towns Wednesday, leading FBI agents to flight schools for private pilots and other unlikely...
Easy cockpit access, lax security aid hijackers
For all the security measures taken at the nation's airports, two things stand between a safe trip and terror: a simple deadbolt lock on the cockpit door and scantly trained...