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Emissions worldwide hit a record high last year. But at the same time, more renewables have been coming on line.

As one of five teenage girls on the file clerk team, Lisa Cintron said her days were filled with chit-chat and music reverberating from a boombox in the back.

Recent "boring" data suggests a return to normal, cooler employment conditions after a "red hot" streak.

Even massive government spending hasn't been enough to counteract the downturn.

Because they grow without the use of most synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides, organic farmers don’t have the same toolkit available to them.

Guessing at someone’s color season has become a popular internet parlor game. It’s also a growing business for people looking to boost their professional image and the entrepreneurs ready to help them do that.

Film festivals play a major role in the industry, but are they accessible?

Four Western states are paying farmers and ranchers tens of millions of dollars this year to conserve water as part of a short-term plan to save water from the Colorado River.

What's your industry's "Always Be Closing"? Send us your answer to help us explore this month's film.

The price of lumber has plummeted since early in the pandemic, but other building materials are up 30% from 2019.

In the first installment of our series “My Analog Life,” a landscape architect reminisces about drafting by hand.

Spinning it off was supposed to boost profits. Buying it back is supposed to help Boeing regain control of the process.

Companies hope AI branding makes them look ready for the future, but that leaves opportunities for "human-focused" marketing.

The state Conservation Land Tax Credit gives private landowners up to $75,000 to cover some of what their land would be worth to developers and the cost of appraisals, surveys and legal fees.

"We're rolling the same thing, but we're getting different results" — that's a valuable experience, says creator Lawrence Brown.

Under the Dawes Act of 1887, Native Americans lost more than 90 million acres of tribal land, which were sold to non-Native citizens.

The cost of housing is a big issue in the U.K. general election. Are people actually hopeful that politicians’ pledges could improve things?

The U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team plays Uruguay Monday night in Kansas City, Missouri. They’re aiming to advance to the knockout stage of the hemisphere-wide Copa America tournament.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 vote, upheld a law in the small southern Oregon town of Grants Pass on Friday that bans people from sleeping or camping in public places such as city parks, streets and sidewalks or in their cars.

The ruling drains power from government agencies and could force lawmakers to write statutes more precisely.

Sociologist Priya Fielding-Singh cooked and ate with families to write “How the Other Half Eats”

BLS survey data showed that in 2023, 35% of employed people did some or all of their work at home.

Experts say community paramedicine programs, which involve paramedics checking in on people with known health issues before an emergency happens, can cut costs and ease strains on health care systems in rural areas.

Think of the bond market as similar to the beach house rental market.

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U.S. lawmakers passed a bill that could lead to a TikTok ban. But it wouldn't be the first country block the Chinese-owned platform.

Analysts say this could be a bid for the retailer to compete more directly with ultra-low-cost sites like Temu and Shein.

The Social Security program is on track to burn through its savings account by 2035 unless Congress changes the law before then. Social Security faced a similar funding crisis in the early 1980s.

Powell is paying close attention to "final sales," a narrower measure than GDP itself that focuses on private sector demand.

The uptick seems to reinforce a number of recent signals showing moderation in the labor market.