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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed restrictions that would block plans for a copper and gold mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, the latest in a long-running dispute over efforts by developers to advance the mine in a region known for its salmon runs.

After their meeting this month, the policymakers raised their benchmark short-term rate by a half-point — double the usual hike.

The United States’ top negotiator for Iran nuclear talks has made the case to lawmakers for sticking with Iran nuclear talks.

Police are using DNA to solve criminal cases, which is raising some privacy concerns.

The Congressional Budget Office says that high inflation will persist into next year.

Scientists will set about 1,000 traps this year in their quest to wipe out the Asian giant hornet in Washington, the state Department of Agriculture said Tuesday.

Fresh cemeteries, uprooted villagers and war-scarred landscapes are commonplace, as Russia intensifies its attacks in eastern and southern Ukraine.

Licensed clinical psychologist Marisa Azaret said parents should first assess their own feelings before talking to their children.

Amazon shareholders on Wednesday voted down a proposal calling for an independent audit of working conditions at the e-commerce behemoth’s warehouses.

A hungry, beer-drinking shopper got arrested after going on a joy ride through a Walmart while driving one of the store’s motorized carts, according to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.

A Texas man who asked an 11-year-old family member to record him having sex with his girlfriend was convicted Tuesday.

Texas officials said they arrested a man for aggravated assault after a weapon was fired during a custody exchange.

In a study of veterans published Wednesday, about one-third who had breakthrough infections showed signs of long COVID.

Two pilots died in a small plane crash Sunday in Broomfield, Colorado – but miraculously, a 7-year-old pit bull mix who was on the plane survived with only minor injuries.

Morrisey announced the development in court in the state’s lawsuit against Teva Pharmaceuticals Inc., AbbVie’s Allergan and their family of companies.

A lot more items are being recalled in connection to the Jif peanut butter recall.

The Phoenix Mercury center has been detained since Feb. 17 after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage at an airport near Moscow.

Actor Matthew McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers on Tuesday. He responded by calling on Americans to act now to control an “epidemic” of mass shootings.

Past shootings targeted worshippers during a Sunday sermon, shoppers at a Walmart, students on a high school campus and drivers on a highway.

Parents generally have to get good at multi-tasking. And a mother in Canada proved it recently when she saved her pet goose from an eagle attack while simultaneously nursing her baby.

A 5-year-old boy stole the show at his T-ball game in California when he danced his way up to the plate during his last game of the season.

The launches were made hours after President Joe Biden ended an Asian trip where he reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to defend its allies in the face of North Korea's nuclear treat.

The suspect is charged with first-degree intentional homicide. He is being held on $1 million cash bail and could face life in prison if convicted.

The state joins more than a dozen others adopting similar laws in the past two years.

Still, the totality of Tuesday’s contests underscored the sustained power of Trumpism in Republican politics 18 months after he was voted out of office.

It was the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, almost a decade ago.

President Biden directed that American flags be flown at half-staff through sunset Saturday in honor of the victims.

Connecticut U.S. Chris Murphy, who came to Congress representing Sandy Hook, begged his colleagues to finally pass legislation that addresses the nation’s continuing gun violence problem as the country’s latest school shooting unfolded Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas.

Sanders headed into the primary virtually assured of the nomination, and she remains a heavy favorite in the general election.

Walmart is pulling products, including an ice cream, that were attempting to commemorate Juneteenth after a social media backlash.