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"The group of people who are really the managers of the criminal justice system in America are concentrated among one demographic group: white men," said an author of the report.

Technically, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s election victory on November 4, 2014, marked the end of his first political campaign. But in some ways that…

Card sales are stagnant and Hallmark just made major job cuts. While some millennials have found novelty in paper cards, the traditional cards can't quite compete with social media.

NPR's Joel Rose reports that the goal of the plan is to reduce the number of people in the city's jail on Rikers Island.

The provision was politically toxic when it was first proposed in 2009. Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News says many medical groups, including the AMA, have long recommended the move.

These are rock instrumentals that needn't overcompensate for their lack of words. They don't strain to be heard or scramble to stand out, but instead convey coolness that seems effortless.

It turns out the science of bicycles is surprisingly complex and only partially understood, falling under the "Illusion of Explanatory Depth" phenomenon, says psychologist Tania Lombrozo.

Some antidepressants may be riskier than others when used during pregnancy. A study found the most widely used antidepressant, sertraline, wasn't associated with birth defects.

The state's high court ruled that gun dealers must exercise the "highest stand of reasonable care" to keep weapons away from felons.

During Prohibition, booze was banned, but "medicinal" spirits weren't, a loophole whiskey makers exploited. That's just one of the tidbits a new book tracing the history of whiskey labels reveals.