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After 15 worker deaths, state to start inspecting hospitals to ensure proper PPE

Hospitals will be inspected by state officials in the coming weeks to ensure they’re providing staff with sufficient personal protective equipment, the…

Citing a lack of access to testing for many vulnerable essential workers, a group of researchers teamed up with a local health clinic to organize pop-up coronavirus testing events in the central Illinois town of Rantoul.

To Help Farmworkers Get COVID-19 Tests And Vaccine, Build Trust And A Safety Net

Getting COVID-19 tests and vaccine to essential workers on commercial farms and in meatpacking plants requires more than a pop-up clinic miles away. A positive test can be financially devastating.

Enrollment By International Students In U.S. Colleges Plummets

The pandemic is a major reason, but the number of international students has been falling for years.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and President Trump are engaged in a heated argument over which one is taking a tougher line on China.

Biden And Trump Battle Over Who Is 'Weak On China'

Donald Trump accuses Joe Biden of being cozy with Chinese leaders. The Biden campaign says Trump is ineffective with China on the coronavirus, escalating a central showdown in the campaign.

The German icebreaker Polarstern is moored to a piece of ice, drifting for a year, as scientists study the warming Arctic.

Pandemic Delays Return Of Arctic Researchers

The COVID-19 crisis is throwing off the complex logistics of a year-long Arctic research expedition. A team set to rotate out may have to stay on board an ice-breaker for another six weeks.

"It was a sobering experience. I knew it was bad, but until you see it — I wasn't prepared for it, to be honest with you," Kenny Chesney says.

Kenny Chesney's Love Note To Caribbean After Disaster: It's About The Moving Forward

Country star Kenny Chesney went into the studio as therapy after hurricanes tore through the U.S. Virgin Islands, the place he calls home. Those sessions became his latest album, Songs for the Saints.

Witness testimony over in trial against owner of "green ooze" site

Update: Thursday, February 6, 2020The attorney for Gary Sayers called a single witness on Thursday, a structural engineer who testified that the buildings…

Auchter's Art: The embodiment of the seven deadly sins

Whenever I travel on a business trip or attend a conference, I like to go running. It gets me outside to actually experience the place I'm visiting. I'm…

New data show that the Trump administration has significantly expanded its staffing in the past year, especially in the White House counsel's office. Above, the White House in a 2017 file photo.

As Investigations Ramp Up, Trump Has Expanded White House Counsel's Office

For the first time, President Trump is spending more on staff than Barack Obama did during his final year as president.

The east Line 5 oil pipeline, which was struck by an anchor last April.

Photos and video of damage to Line 5 released

Newly released images from Enbridge Energy show damage sustained to the Line 5 oil pipelines from an anchor strike last April.The video and photos given…

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