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Among his many credits, Republican Party of Texas Chairman James Dickey is, without any doubt, a political survivor. But now Dickey may face his most spirited challenge yet from a...

Texas may not have a state income tax, but it is one of only a handful of states that levies an excise tax on the go-to consumer good for the Fourth of July holiday: fireworks. The Lone Star...

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If you’re looking for something a little sweet to take with you to that friend’s cookout today, you might want to swing by Krispy Kreme.Read more...

Scientists protested with their backs turned as Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced the decision to move two Department of Agriculture research agencies out of D.C. Learn...

In Minnesota and across the country, PAN stands with those who oppose pipelines — from rural landowners to environmental organizations to Indigenous communities. Learn more...

A preliminary magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocked Southern California on Thursday, shaking an area for hundreds of miles.     

Trump stages unusual 'Salute to America' event at Lincoln Memorial     

US president hails ‘heroes who defend our country’ as bad weather and low turnout threaten to overshadow event White House ‘struggles to draw crowds’ to July 4th show 12.08am...

Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxidePlanting billions of trees across the world is by far the biggest and cheapest way to tackle...

One of the major players in cop tech is bowing out of the facial recognition race. As Hayley Tsukayama reports for the EFF, Axon (formerly Taser) has decided there are far too many ethical...

Our past posts on Gibson Guitar, the famed guitar-maker, have revealed roughly a decade of strict IP enforcement and other busuiness challenges. Between waffling on its support...

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Thousands of ethnic minority Muslim children undergo "cultural re-engineering" in giant boarding schools.

The seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar was illegal, says Iran.

T.H. Breen / New York Times: George Washington Would Hate Trump's July 4 Parade  —  The men and women who fought in the American Revolution despised pageantry and personality...

Paul Mirengoff / Power Line: More about that Fourth of July parade  —  Phillip Kennicott, a lefty critic for the Washington Post, begins his column about the Fourth of July parade...

It's one rule for Jeff Bezos' online empire, and another for everyone else Amazon has refused to publish data about the energy consumption and carbon emissions of its business in Australia...

Clings to its own days of independence but no one is celebrating MapR, the struggling Hadoop data analytics firm and one-time unicorn, has missed its 3 July deadline to sell out or shut...

People surveyed at US universities who used phones a lot were also more likely to have mental health issues.

Australia's consumer watchdog alleges the company made false claims about using its phones while swimming.

Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer

Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer

NPR's Audie Cornish talks about the Founding Fathers' preferred drinks with Derek Brown, the National Archives' Chief Spirits Advisor.

The monsoon has arrived in India, bringing relief from brutal heat. But the rains come with dangers — flooding, deaths and gridlock.

The remains of three children which washed up on a beach in 2011 were among 21 laid to rest over 170 years later.

Mike Pence, US vice-president, is to visit this country in September, it has been confirmed.

Imagine slow-motion fireworks that started exploding 170 years ago and are still continuing. This type of firework is not launched into Earth's atmosphere, but rather into space...

Portal origin URL: How Scientists Used NASA Data to Predict Appearance of July 2 EclipsePortal origin nid: 448173Published: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 - 09:14Featured (stick...

Eighty percent of pet owners have owned a pet that is afraid of fireworks. It is one of the most common things that scare nearly all types of animals, whether they be dogs, cats, rodents...

If you want to dye your eyebrows but don't want to shell out cash for a professional kit, you're in luck. You have several options for making tints at home. Cocoa powder is a common ingredient...

by Tom Engelhardt Headlined “U.S. Seeks Other Ways to Stop Iran Shy of War,” the article was tucked away on page A9 of a recent New York Times. Still, it caught my attention. Here’s...

by Peter Jenkins A White House press statement, dated July 1, claims that there is a “longstanding non-proliferation standard of no enrichment for Iran.” This claim is false...

Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden is under fire for fondly reminiscing about his "civil" relationship with segregationist senators in the 1970s and 1980s. Speaking...

We speak with renowned writer Ta-Nehisi Coates on the lasting legacy of American slavery, how the national dialogue about reparations has progressed in the past five years and his...

Officials did not immediately report any deaths or major injuries in connection with the earthquake.

The 39-year-old, whose father was a Palestinian refugee, wrote in The Washington Post that he supported Republican candidates throughout his early adult life and was elected as...

Targeted hygiene means intervening with kids and their environment, but only when you can stop the risk of infection

The findings stem from a survey of 1,000 people who use marijuana in Colorado, where it is legal. Of the 65% who said they use pot to quell pain, 80% said it was very or extremely helpful...