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Scholars from Stanford, UC Berkeley and Louisiana State universities crowded into the dusty collections storage room of Oroville’s Chinese Temple moving aside tarps, opening wooden crates and peering into boxes in search of artifacts for possible inclusion in an up-coming 2026 exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art.

Richard Hunt passed away peacefully this past Saturday at his Chicago home at the age of 88. 

Good morning, Chicago. As the ultimate City Hall insider for decades, Ed Burke became a master of behind-the-scenes maneuvers that shaped Chicago and his own political fortunes. But now his legacy will be decided behind closed doors, inside a backroom he cannot enter, and where he cannot wield his legendary clout. In that room, nine women and three men will decide whether Burke will go down in ...

Notable feats include discovering a planet-eating star, extracting RNA from an extinct animal and more.

Ancient DNA from the pelt of a fluffy white dog named Mutton is revealing new details about the woolly dog.

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Allan Halladay is working to overcome a snub he says is keeping Gustave Whitehead out of the Smithsonian Institution's aviation history books....

Kevin Hern and the 2nd District’s Josh Brecheen were among the 118 “no” votes against the National Defense Authorization Act passed by the Senate and House on Thursday.

BRODHEAD, Wis. -- It was on December 17, 1903 when Orville and Wilbur Wright took flight for the first time. The brothers silenced skeptics when they staged their first successful

During a recent stroll along the National Mall, I paused to take in my surroundings. The Washington Monument towered above me. The Capitol and Lincoln Memorial acted as bookends, while the Smithsonian museums lined the long grassy walkways. I felt right at home. No place makes me prouder to be an American. The following are […]