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Medical historian Ira Rutkow points to physical evidence that suggests Stone Age people conducted — and survived — brain surgery. His new book is Empire of the Scalpel.

Both the U.S. and China stepped up military activity in the region ahead of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit. Here's what is different now from crises in the Taiwan Strait decades ago.

Un joven de Cortland se muda de su casa por la primera vez para empezar sus estudios en la universidad.

Pope Francis began a visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses at residential schools, part of the the Catholic Church's efforts to reconcile with Native communities.

Historian John Hope Franklin died Wednesday at the age of 94. Franklin's work defined the field of African-American history, and he played a crucial role in pivotal civil rights events of the 20th century.

In cohousing communities, neighbors share common spaces, chores and a sense of connection that benefits everyone. For some, it's an answer to the isolation of parenting that many families feel today.

El Día de Independencia de México es la próxima semana, 16 de septiembre, y muchos grupos en todo el área de Chicago están posponiendo o cancelando sus celebraciones por miedo a que se presente el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos, mejor conocido como ICE. La Ciudad de Aurora tomó una decisión diferente. Durante el fin de semana, la ciudad celebró el día y Yvonne Boose de WNIJ estuvo allí.

A group of alumni from one of the nation's most influential evangelical Christian universities is condemning their school's president for his continued alignment with President Trump.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with retired four-star Gen. Wesley Clark about how history will remember Colin Powell. The former secretary of state has died at 84.

When Didion started writing in the 1960s, she put a certain kind of voice on the page — neurotic, female — that hadn't been there before.