For the first time, a federal tax credit scholarship program will allow parents to use taxpayer dollars for private school tuition. The program could also benefit public schools, advocates say.

Petition circulator Meinq Ray, right, hands Dennis Reich a petition to sign outside the Hall of Justice on Wednesday. Ray, ...

Becoming an astronaut is challenging, yet one woman defied the odds to become the first African American woman in space. Born in the 1950s, Mae C. Jemison refused to let anything stop her from ...

Santa Monica College Planetarium presents live shows July 10-24 featuring women astronauts, exoplanets, and the search for ...

Mae Jemison is an American engineer, physician and former NASA astronaut who made history as the first African American woman ...

Since Valentina Tereshkova reached space in 1963, women have achieved historic milestones in exploration, science and ...

Mae Jemison High School is hosting the southeast regional baton twirling championships with special guests from Team USA.

The Chicago Sun-Times architecture columnist Lee Bey got an early first look at the Obama Presidential Center last week. Designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, the cent ...

Mae Jemison, a former NASA astronaut, physician, educator, and the first woman of color to go into space, will be the keynote speaker for Rochester Institute of Technology’s Academic Convocation on ...