The most powerful factors affecting a child's brain development involve socioeconomic opportunities, according to a study in the journal Science. The analysis of more than 2,300 9- and 10-year-olds ...

El Niño has officially begun, and it is forecast to intensify into a very strong or “Super” El Niño with major shifts in global weather patterns and an even hotter climate, according to a new report ...

"First Take" host Stephen A. Smith slammed President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning after Trump told reporters on Monday night that Smith wouldn't be a good fit to run for president because "you need ...

A rare wild cat with a stunning fur pattern resembling a python has become a zoo star. The female clouded leopard named Nueng has attracted attention from visitors, as the markings on her back make ...

There’s a feel of summer in the air this Monday with hot, muggy, and breezy conditions. Temperatures start off in the mid 70s, followed by highs in the upper 80s under mostly cloudy skies. 88° will ...

Summer is only a month away, and a global pattern is also shifting as we approach our warmest months of the year. El Niño conditions are on the horizon. What could this mean for northeast Indiana and ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is taking a page from other blue states to combat a housing shortage, proposing that Illinois take some control away from locals. The governor and his allies in the ...

Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. A Washington, D.C. native, Steve was previously an editorial producer for the Washington Post, and has also worked in Los Angeles, ...

With a carefully designed experiment and a handful of tin atoms, University of Tennessee, Knoxville's physicists have found a long-sought form of superconductivity, taking one more step toward ...

If you want to look cool right now, you need to be wearing barrel-leg jeans. You need to buy some capri pants. You obviously need wrap pants — what do you mean you haven’t heard of wrap pants? Surely ...

Warmer temperatures are set to move into the Chicago area along with a "spring-like pattern" bringing more chances for rain and rumbles of thunder, the NBC 5 Storm Team said. The temperature increase ...