MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Legislature can be full of surprises.But for the last eight sessions

Economics lessons are all around us–at the grocery store, in the library, in the way you give gifts.

As you tend to your garden this summer, there's a creepy, crawly creature to be on the lookout for:

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WASHINGTON (AP) — What was once a bipartisan effort to expand by 66 the number of federal district j

Any scientist whose research might conceivably threaten the bottom line of powerful corporate intere

TOKYO — Arata Isozaki, a Pritzker-winning Japanese architect known as a post-modern giant who blende

At Goldman Sachs, the New Year is starting with thousands of job cuts. One of Wall Street's bigge

A sudden pause in federal assistance is sowing disarray and outrage across the country, throwing int

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Workers earning minimum wage in 23 states and the District of Columbia got a raise over the New Year

Any blank spaces in Owenn's summer schedule have been filled up—by his pal Taylor Swift.After dancin

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand immigration official has overturned a ban on the U.S. c

This story was co-published with The Weather Channel as part of Collateral, a series on climate, dat

Installation of enormous floating wind turbines needed to turn West Coast ocean gales into clean ele