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On April 24th, 1898, Spain declared war on the United States, beginning the Spanish-American War.

LOS ANGELES — Despite decades of progress in reducing air pollution, Los Angeles is still the nation's smoggiest city, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Lung Assn.

The association's annual "State ...Read more

The basic technology behind Ambient Photonics’s solar cells is so simple that it’s routinely assembled as a high school science experiment. In labs across the U.S., students sandwich blackberries’ potent pigment ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A federal appeals court ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to partially halt its statewide program that kills off coyotes, mountain lions and other livestock predators until a more thorough ...Read more

Dear Word Guy,

I have a lot of time on my hands now, what with being expelled from the U.S. Congress and all, so I've had time to ponder several important questions: Are criminal penalties tax deductible? Is it wrong to...Read more

Every time I step into the kitchen, I leave my comfort zone. So, when entering the kitchen, I asked, “What do chocolate chip cookies, pizza, chicken, beef and toasted bagels have in common?” In addition to being some...Read more

When games become multimillion-dollar endeavors, it’s rare for a studio to take bold risks. Many stick to what they know, polishing successful formulas or occasionally revamping them. If they do come up with a new ...Read more

If you are of a certain age, you pay pretty close attention to any news about our Social Security system.

There have been a lot of headlines lately about fewer employees available to help on the phone and in person, but...Read more

The political news these days is enough to make some Chicagoans wish they were a million miles away. But consider this: Even in the depths of space, there’s no escape from politics.

The $10 billion James Webb Space ...Read more

Nevada is home to the largest known lithium deposit in the United States and one of the largest in the world. Radical greens would prefer the mineral remains buried in the Nevada outback. Thankfully, more rational voices ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Wildlife officials feared critically endangered steelhead trout rescued from the Palisades fire burn scar might not be up for spawning after all they’d been through over the last few months.

After their ...Read more

CHICAGO — The dapper black and yellow bobolink likes the Chicago area so much he flies here every spring from South America — a journey of about 6,000 miles.

By no means depleted, the plucky visitor goes on to dazzle ...Read more

April 23rd, 1616 marks the death of both William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes.

U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Tuesday called for Mexico and the U.S. to develop a “100% solution” to stop the flow of raw sewage from Tijuana that has polluted the Tijuana River and left communities near the ...Read more

Before Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, U.S. factories and cities could pipe their pollution directly into waterways. Rivers, including the Potomac in Washington, smelled of raw sewage and contained toxic ...Read more

When Nintendo fully unveiled its upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 console, President Donald Trump's tariffs hadn't yet been enacted, but once the scope of the duties were laid bare, the company gave pause to preorders in the ...Read more