The clustering of America's most highly educated people in economically dynamic regions has created a "brain drain" from poorer states that is fueling cultural divisions, according to a congressional study exploring data as far back as 1940. Published May 12, 2019
The Mile High City could soon get higher now that Denver voters have approved a ballot initiative to decriminalize psilocybin "psychedelic" mushrooms, making it the nation's first city to do so. Published May 9, 2019
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned Thursday, one week after federal agents had raided her homes and offices in an investigation of hundreds of thousands of dollars she made from sales of her self-published children's health book to a hospital network on whose board she served and to contractors seeking to do business with the city. Published May 2, 2019
A unanimous Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to pave the way for companies like Uber and Lyft to deploy fleets of driverless vehicles. But safety advocates say the Sunshine State's rush to regulate self-driving cars is adding to a nationwide patchwork of conflicting rules amid an absence of federal guidelines. Published May 1, 2019
U.S. eighth-graders today have a better command of technology and engineering concepts than 2014's eighth-graders, according to an annual national education assessment. Published April 30, 2019
America's 10 fastest growing regions are all in Southern and Western cities and states, where nonmanufacturing jobs and affordable housing abound. Published April 30, 2019
Thursday was a red-letter day for Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh. Federal agents raided her homes and offices, Maryland's governor called for her resignation "for the good of the city" and speculation swirled about her whereabouts, as she presumably is still recovering from a bout of pneumonia. Published April 25, 2019
Researchers have found that an earthquake occurs about every three minutes in Southern California, a surprising discovery credited to new technology that could help scientists predict when and where large tremors will happen. Published April 23, 2019
A fifth-grader from a prestigious private school in the District of Columbia has been confirmed as one of the four American victims of the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka. Published April 22, 2019
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The Government Accountability Office has reaffirmed its concerns that the Department of Energy is not properly considering changes in global oil markets when calibrating its ability to "respond to supply disruptions" in its management of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Published April 21, 2019
Over the past six years, solar energy capacity has more than doubled in 45 of the 57 largest U.S. cities, producing enough electricity to power nearly one in every 11 homes, according to an annual industry survey. Published April 16, 2019
Destructive storms that spawned more than a dozen tornadoes across the South and killed at least eight people swept through parts of the Midwest and the mid-Atlantic on Monday. Published April 15, 2019
Arizona has become the first in the country to recognize occupational licenses from other states, ending a redundant recertification process that labor analysts have critiqued as a drag on lower-income workers and local economies. Published April 14, 2019
This year's measles outbreak is on track to be the biggest since the sometimes deadly virus was eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. Published April 11, 2019
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Germantown man who authorities say stole a U-Haul rental van and planned to plow it into pedestrians at a D.C.-area tourist destination in an Islamic State-inspired attack will remain in jail until his trial. Published April 9, 2019
Los Angeles is seeking to follow New York City in charging commuters for driving on congested downtown streets. Published April 4, 2019
Red tape at the Department of Housing and Urban Development has prevented $35 billion in disaster relief from being delivered to states and territories hit by hurricanes in 2017, the Government Accountability Office says. Published April 3, 2019
Police body cameras are not providing the type of irrefutable evidence that law enforcement and civil rights advocates had expected, according to the most comprehensive study of the technology to date. Published April 2, 2019
U.S. health officials reported Monday that more people have contracted measles in the first three months of this year than they did in all of last year -- a viral outbreak driven by unvaccinated children in various areas of the country two decades after the illness was declared eliminated. Published April 1, 2019
Federal law enforcement officials say cocaine trafficking is surging amid the opioid crisis, citing recent record-setting seizures of the stimulant at sea and U.S. ports. Published April 1, 2019
