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Editor's note: Faithful readers of Howard Wilkinson's weekly "Politically Speaking" column will want to know that this feature will be published on...

A small study finds promise for using gene therapy to treat patients with beta-thalassemia, a blood condition that can cause severe anemia. The experimental treatment is in early development.

Many people who work at Renaissance fairs don't have health insurance. So workers developed a system to help out.

The heavily armored police response to protesters in Ferguson, Missouri ignited a debate about the militarization of local agencies. Since 1997, sheriff’s…

Seven of Columbus's biggest firms are making a big bet on big data. They have joined together to form a new company to collect and share information. It's…

China's president Xi Jinping arrives in Washington, D.C., for a two-day state visit. It comes as relations between the two countries are turbulent. Analysts say this will be President Obama's most difficult summit to date.

During the National Gallery's first Vermeer exhibit 20 years ago, the federal government shut down twice, and a major blizzard hit the East Coast. But The Woman in Blue Reading a Letter is undeterred.

Researchers find that babies lacking four types of bacteria in their guts at 3 months appear to have a higher risk for developing asthma later in life.

Guitarist Andrés Segovia lived in Montevideo for slightly more than a decade in the middle of his long life. But even though he moved away from the…

From the time the baby boomers started school in 1952, an average of 3,300 new students entered the system each year. Shortly after the last of that…