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Bariatric surgery works for severely obese patients because it shrinks the size of the stomach. But years later, the stomach starts to expand and some patients regain the weight they lost.

With cheerleaders and pompoms, the government is urging people to knock out Ebola by mid-March.

John Cruden returns to the department as litigation over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill intensifies. He'll also defend Obama climate change rules and try to protect wildlife while in the post.

The White House is looking to the private sector to help finance costly improvements to aging infrastructure. The plan avoids increasing taxes, but eventually, the public will have to pay.

As Illinois and the nation struggle to recover after the recent recession, leaders are looking to the “green” industry — not only for environmental…

Is legislative productivity becoming a trend in Illinois?Building on the impressive record compiled by the 96th General Assembly during its two-year…

On any given summer day, 46,000 people fan out over Navy Pier in Chicago to ride the 150-foot Ferris wheel, feel the wind rush off a 45-mph speedboat,…

Hear a live set by the Texas singer-guitarist, who draws on his family's storytelling tradition.

Watch the band play "What Color Is Blood" on a stage made of trees at Oregon's Pickathon festival.

The discovery comes days after up to 50,000 gallons of oil spilled from a break in a pipeline along the Yellowstone River. Saturday's spill is the second in the river since 2011.