Heat and humidity will once again smother the eastern half of the country this week, pushing the heat index to dangerous levels for tens of millions of people. In the Midwest, the humidity will be ...

Several Republican governors have joined their Democrat counterparts, including Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, calling for an overhaul of Audubon-based PJM Interconnection, writes Mike Dougherty for ...

The American landscape is shifting, not just geographically, but demographically. While some states remain perennial ...

ST. LOUIS — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has officially opened a new, modernized Midwestern Food Safety Laboratory ...

Imagine a prairie. How many plant species do you see? Maybe you're picturing yellow coneflowers, some little bluestem, ...

The Midwest and East Coast regions finish strong in a new study of which states offer the top quality of life.

Clues from another dry spell 6,000 years ago are helping scientists understand what’s driving the latest one, and why it’s been so unrelenting.