Abstract: PointNet++ (MSG), a PointNet++ module, can accurately identify tree species from 3-D point clouds. However, one drawback of the MSG method is its inability to classify high-density point ...

ABSTRACT: Determining the causal effect of special education is a critical topic when making educational policy that focuses on student achievement. However, current special education research is ...

It's not every day that biologists announce an entirely new branch of life, and this one has been hiding under their noses for years. It was discovered hiding in a lab sample of marine ciliates ...

I love what my grandmother taught me about Christmas trees early in life. I hope to pass this down to the future generations. The Christmas tree points to heaven where Jesus came from and where He ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A 14-year-old boy shot and killed Friday night in the Loop, just hours after the city’s annual Christmas tree lighting downtown, is being remembered as a funny, basketball-loving teen ...

Marissa Sulek joined CBS News Chicago in January 2025. Before Chicago, Marissa was a general assignment reporter in Nashville at WSMV, where she was nominated for Mid-South Emmy Awards for her ...

One person was killed and eight others wounded in a pair of shootings late Friday night in downtown Chicago's the Loop district, just hours after Chicago lit the city's official Christmas tree just ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least five people were shot Friday night in the Loop, according to a Chicago alderman. There was a large Chicago police presence in the 100 block of North State Street, where at ...

At least six people were wounded in a pair of shootings late Friday night in the Loop, just hours after Chicago lit the city's official Christmas tree just blocks away in Millennium Park. Dying ...

Two shootings in Chicago's Loop on Friday night left one person dead and 8 others injured, mostly teenagers. Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd Ward) said young people were "rioting" in the Loop and that ...