A ride down from the top of Chicago's fourth-tallest building turned into a terrifying drop early Friday for a group of people, including a pregnant woman, who plunged 84 floors when a cable broke.

Every week, the readers of our space newsletter, The Airlock, send in their questions for space reporter Neel V. Patel to answer. This week: space elevators. In September, scientists submitted a paper ...

Columbus firefighters rescued an Ohio principal assistant attorney general uninjured Tuesday afternoon after a cable snapped on the elevator he was riding in the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower, ...