City Councilor Ed Flynn is calling for the Council to oppose safe injection sites in Boston that he says would incentivize addicts to shoot up, rather than seek treatment, and worsen the open-air drug ...

Calculating the total mass of the universe is not simple, because most of the mass is invisible. In a pie chart of the contents of the universe, only 5 percent is normal matter, atoms that make up all ...

Kirk Siegler is a national correspondent for NPR News. As a roving reporter, he covers the western U.S. with an emphasis on rural issues, water and the effects of climate change on smaller communities ...

Groups like California Common Cause were central to taking politicians out of redistricting. But now they’re staying neutral on a plan to gerrymander the state’s House maps. Republicans fighting Gov.

Jobless claims are at their highest level in four years, new data has revealed. The Labor Department figures are another blow to the struggling labor market. It comes just days before the Federal ...