As drought conditions persist, officials are calling on customers to scale back irrigation use.

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US manufacturing expands for sixth month in June, easing inflation fears. Inflation at 3.8% in June priced at 46.8% YES.

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One of Alcatraz’s most well-known prisoners left the famed island penitentiary in San Francisco Bay for the last time 87 years ago today on Jan. 6, 1939, for medical reasons. Eight years later, former ...

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On Sept. 22, the autumnal equinox, which signals the start of fall in the Northern Hemisphere, finally brings an end to our long, hot summer on Monday at 2:19 p.m. EDT. This happens at a precise ...

The week before Thanksgiving, Marshall Brain sent a final email to his colleagues at North Carolina State University. “I have just been through one of the most demoralizing, depressing, humiliating, ...

A businessman behind one of the most popular websites was found dead in his office - moments after he sent an email claiming officials at the university he worked at were trying to sabotage him.

The realm of automotive technology is rife with jargon and acronyms, from ABS (Anti-Lock Brake System) — which first appeared in 1978 — to ZEV (Zero-Emissions Vehicles). Sitting squarely between those ...