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Quick Read Social Security’s trust fund could run dry by 2035 and trigger an automatic 17% benefits cut. Benefits have lost ...

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From winter wildfires in Los Angeles to the unchecked growth of data centers, here are the big climate stories we covered in ...

I’m a big fan of photography. I’ve been doing it for years, and I know my way around a camera. But I can’t even count how many times, mostly when I was younger, a random man—always a man—stopped me ...

A three-month investigation by The Hummel Report found a revolving door of building officials who were tasked with approving ...