Doug Belkin covers higher education and national news out of the Chicago bureau of The Wall Street Journal.

For this all-citizen and private polar launch, it will be the first time that the quartet will be in space, and it will be the first time any human has done a 90-degree circularized orbit ...

The word “supercell” may sound like hype, but they are real thunderstorms with rotating updrafts that can have serious ...

More than 20 states have had an unusually cool start to April. Find out if your state is included and where it will soon turn much warmer.

Each year, the Arts & Humanities Commission recognizes students and adults in Marion County who are committed to growing, supporting and participating in the fine arts. The awards will be presented ...

The polar vortex slid toward Europe in recent weeks, ushering in cooler temperatures to portions of Canada A significant disruption to the polar vortex over far Northern Canada will keep the ...

A significant disruption to the polar vortex over far Northern Canada will keep the pattern’s influence locked in our neck of the woods like a houseguest overstaying their welcome. Even as the world ...

When the polar vortex begins to wobble and allows arctic air to spill south into northern Illinois in January, we usually end up with dangerously-cold air around Chicago. When it happens in April ...

Four people were charged Wednesday in connection with a shooting that killed three people and wounded three others in Virginia, authorities said. The Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office said in a ...

Languages: English. You can reach Shane by emailing [email protected] A video shows two armed men walking down a street in northeastern Virginia following a mass shooting that left three ...