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The Federal Reserve is expected to lower interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point.
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The explosive growth of cloud-computing data centers is straining electric grids, driving emissions and guzzling water.
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A lack of regulation around surrogacy means people are often unprepared for when things go wrong.
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Humanitarian groups want the birth control devices to be given to countries in need.
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Robert Redford was not only a legendary film actor but also an Oscar-winning director who, with his Sundance Film Festival, helped shape independent cinema for almost five decades.
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President Trump's decided to use missile strikes to take out three boats that he claims are transporting drugs.
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President Trump says the U.S. and China have reached a potential deal to allow TikTok to keep operating in the U.S.
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Those whose homes burned in the Los Angeles fires are making tough choices about whether to rebuild or move somewhere else.
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John Hersh plays "Taps" at the end of every day at his home on New Jersey's Long Beach Island.
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A portion of the internet believes that one way to tell when the Pentagon is about to start a big military operation is to track pizza deliveries.