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This undated image obtained Feb. 22, 2004, shows the entrance to the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository located in Nye County, Nevada, about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

America’s nuclear waste capital wants more of it, against state wishes

May 7, 2023 at 7:53 a.m.

A half-mile underground beneath a windswept field in the southeast corner of New Mexico, hundreds of workers haul drums of radioactive waste into a salt mine that will entomb them...

The DePaul University campus on July 21, 2020, in Chicago.

DePaul University, largest Catholic university in US, faces $56 million budget gap

April 16, 2023 at 6:24 a.m.

DePaul University is facing financial pressure after the pandemic intensified declining enrollment and widened the Chicago private school's budget gap. To narrow the growing gap between revenue and expenses the...

Pfizer to buy cancer drugmaker Seagen in $43 billion deal

March 13, 2023 at 11:33 a.m.

Pfizer Inc. agreed to purchase cancer-drug maker Seagen Inc. for an enterprise value of $43 billion, gaining the company's antibody drugs that fight tumors. Pfizer will pay $229 a share...

Natural gas stoves, which are used in about 40% of homes in the U.S., emit air pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and fine particulate matter.

Ban on gas stoves considered after new study draws connection to childhood asthma

January 9, 2023 at 5:49 p.m.

A federal agency says a ban on gas stoves is on the table amid rising concern about harmful indoor air pollutants emitted by the appliances. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety...

Spark doesn' t contain alcohol, but it does contain energy-boosting ingredients.

The 12 best new nonalcoholic drinks for Dry January

January 2, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.

Expect nonalcoholic bottles to start taking up even more real estate on bar shelves. Ever since Seedlip hit the market in 2015 with the world's first distilled nonalcoholic spirit, the...

Elon Musk plans to eliminate half of jobs at Twitter in cost-cut drive

November 3, 2022 at 8:12 a.m.

Elon Musk plans to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc., or half of the social media company's workforce, in a bid to drive down costs following his $44 billion...

MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, speaks to reporters outside federal court in Washington, June 24, 2021.

MyPillow’s Mike Lindell rejected by Supreme Court on defamation suit

October 4, 2022 at 8:01 a.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a bid by MyPillow Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mike Lindell to derail a lawsuit accusing him of defaming a voting technology company with his...

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman campaigns for U.S. Senate at Hardy Connellsville Airport on May 10, 2022, in Lemont Furnace, Pennsylvania.

Matthew Yglesias: John Fetterman’s vaguely encouraging politics

May 24, 2022 at 4:48 p.m.

John Fetterman — the hulking, tattooed, hoodie-wearing lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania — constitutes Democrats' best hope to steal a Senate seat from Republicans this fall. And while few politicians can...

Trump supporters participate in a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Op-ed: Use the anniversary of the U.S. Capitol rioting to boost democracy, not Democrats

January 4, 2022 at 5:42 p.m.

The first anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol last Jan. 6 is coming up this week. Congress is going to make a big deal about it. So, too,...

People walk past the front of a T-Mobile retail store on Aug. 18, 2021, in Arlington, Virginia. T-Mobile announced it had a data breach that exposed the personal information of millions of current customers and people who had applied for credit.

Op-ed: The fragile internet is a threat to the economy

October 18, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

It has been a rough few months for the internet. In June, Fastly's content delivery network failure forced some of the world's biggest e-commerce and media websites offline. Later, there...

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