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Most of those killed were minors attending a rap concert. Officials have not determined what caused the stampede, but there are reports of pepper spray being used inside of the club.

Popcorn has been around at least 4,000 years. The Aztecs even had a word for the sound of kernels popping — totopoca. On National Popcorn Day, ponder the story of this beloved snack.

In the world of science, 2011 may go down as the year of the retraction. Lots of highly publicized discoveries got debunked this year. And many of those discoveries involved findings that both scientists and the public really wanted to believe.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with economics professor Caitlin Myers, who has been tracking travel distances to abortion facilities, about the impact of Florida's ban on abortion after six weeks.

As Maui observes the six month mark since the deadly wildfires, business leaders are sounding the alarm about the state of the tourism-dependent economy.

By Dan LockeCouncil Bluffs, Iowa – The Iowa School for the Deaf plans to build a state-of-the-art science center for its students.The $1.5 million dollar…

The Australian actress known in the U.S. for her role on HBO's Six Feet Under returns to her roots as a stage actress in Other Desert Cities. "Theater was where I began," she says.

A new box set collects Matt Hawkins' comic Think Tank, which follows a sexy, scruffy scientific genius attempting to break away from his job developing lethal weapons for the military.

(Information in the following story is from: Lincoln Journal Star, http://www.journalstar.com)LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A judge has ordered a man who killed…

By Katie Knapp SchubertOmaha, NE – More than a dozen American Red Cross volunteers from Nebraska, including three from Omaha, are assisting storm victims…