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This month's protests were way bigger than I expected. Will they do anything?

The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities—and taxpayers—facing the same problems over and over again.

Things go sideways when a car theft call is followed just moments later by someone spotting a vehicle sinking into the Mississippi River. That's exactly what happened on March 21 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and what started as a routine stolen car report turned into a full-blown, head-scratching mystery. Local emergency...

As diabetes cases soar in the US, physicians are sounding the alarm, especially in economically challenged regions. The push for intensive screening and proactive management has never been more critical.

Rainfall near Memphis, Tennessee, is expected to exceed 12in over the next three days

Forecasters are warning of potentially deadly flash flooding and strong tornadoes as more rounds of thunderstorms are poised to strike parts of the Midwest and South. The potent storm system will bring the threat of "significant, life-threatening flash flooding" starting Wednesday, according to the Weather Prediction Center, a part of

Trump's executive orders can't define diversity out of history.

It is often falsely claimed that "over 20,000 freed slaves were killed in one year" of the camp's existence.

Louisiana's flagship university is looking to partner more closely with petrochemical industries in the state

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently shared a list of the five invasive animals that people can hunt, catch and cook. Chefs and hunters shared their insights.

The U.S. Forest Service has terminated $75 million awarded to the Arbor Day Foundation to help disadvantaged communities plant trees

Those are trees that largely low-income residents otherwise couldn't afford to plant or maintain.

The agency withdrew the 11-mile stretch of land known as Great River Road from consideration for National Historic Landmark designation at the request of state officials, who celebrated the move as a win for economic development.

Great River Road was deemed eligible for federal recognition given Mount Vernon and Monticello.

"The conflicts of popular factions are the chief, if not the only inlets, of usurpation and Tyranny," the first president wrote.

In Illinois alone, more than 90 percent of wetlands have been lost.

The Quaker Oats Co. has recalled 10,000 boxes of pancake mix because it contains milk not declared on the label and could pose a risk of potentially dangerous allergic reactions.

A winter storm is moving across the U.S., bringing heavy snow and ice, and creating severe weather in the form of damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. The post Powerful winter storm to bring heavy snow, ice, tornado risk first appeared on EarthSky.

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