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Two anti-fracking initiatives did not get enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot

A cadre of states sought to keep alive U.S. efforts to fight climate change in 2019, in the face of

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Global consulting firm McKinsey & Company agreed Friday to pay $650 million to resolve criminal

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It’s finals week at many colleges and universities across the country, which means the pickings for

A group broke into a pool facility in Massachusetts on Sunday, stole chemicals and poured acid on th

The path of devastation wrought by Hurricane Florence cuts through one of the nation’s most competit