Jeremy Manier

The rolling farmland and meandering rivers here don't look much like earthquake country. But as shown by Friday morning's 5.2-magnitude temblor, centered in this southern Illinois town, the ground beneath...

A massive rock formation 7 miles below West Salem, Ill., moved just an inch or so at 4:36 a.m. Friday, but that was enough to cause the 5.2 magnitude earthquake...

The voyage may sound improbable, but wildlife officials say that a DNA test should reveal whether a cougar killed Monday in Chicago took a 1,000-mile trip from the Black Hills...

Dana Arreola thought she had protected herself in the fall by getting a flu shot, but this year's severe flu season has taught her -- and perhaps millions of others...

Putting babies to sleep on their backs was common in many societies until the early 20th Century, when many U.S. doctors started to promote the opposite. Believers in stomach sleeping,...

1. The ordinary matter we can see accounts for just 5 percent of the universe -- the rest is dark matter and dark energy. 2. Many physicists subscribe to the...

One-fifth of infants and toddlers under age 3 have a television in their bedrooms, according to a new study that suggests saturation with media could affect brain development as more...

Children riding on school buses sustain about 17,000 injuries each year, far more than previous estimates, according to a new study that highlights a controversy over whether the buses should...

In a maternity ward room filled with relatives, Carmen Chinea fussed over her 20-year-old daughter's intravenous lines and helped her prepare for a baby they all awaited with a mix...

As a 5-year-old Chicago girl lay in a coma Monday after what her family said was a routine dental procedure, experts reminded parents that they have a right to ensure...