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Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan launched a television ad Wednesday that says his Senate bid is about rising above the “partisan B.S.” and finding common ground in Washington. The Republican is spending $1 million on the ad, which will run statewide and is the first television spot of his bid to swipe a Senate seat from Democrats. The ad shows people grousing about the lack of agreement and

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is threatening to veto a key bipartisan education bill that would boost state spending on public schools by about a quarter billion dollars a year. Dunleavy says he wants lawmakers to address more of his priorities — like teacher retention bonuses, expanding charter school access and accountability measures. Dunleavy has to sign or veto the bill by March 14, or it

Time-lapse images of blood vessels in the brain of a sedated mouse revealed by reversibly dyeing the tissues with FD & C Yellow 5 and using a technique called laser speckle contrast imaging. Credit: Stanford University/Gail Rupert/NSF A common food dye can temporarily make the skin, tissues and muscles of a mouse transparent, revealing the blood vessels, nerves and organs inside,

THE REAL-WORLD IMPACT OF ONLINE LIES — “Springfield City Hall, school, county hit by threats tied to Haitian issue,” by the Springfield News-Sun’s Jessica Orozco and Jeremy Kelley: “Multiple city, county and school buildings around Springfield were closed Thursday after a bomb threat ‘to multiple facilities throughout Springfield,’ according to a city statement released Thursday morning.