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PHILADELPHIA — A secret, sweeping five-year probe of the Philadelphia School District’s compliance with federal asbestos regulations entered a new phase Thursday as the school board signed off on a deferred prosecution...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — When researchers completed a national study of hazardous forever chemicals recently, they found that a South Carolina river had higher levels of pollution from the toxins than any other waterway they ...Read more

BOSTON — With warm weather here and more people out on the water, great white shark sightings are rising around the region.

There has been an “uptick” in confirmed white shark activity off the Bay State in the last ...Read more

DETROIT — Water quality scientists predict the harmful algae bloom on western Lake Erie this year will be relatively mild and less severe than last year.

The bloom will be between mild and moderate levels, the ...Read more

Reports of a fireball falling over the southeastern U.S. flooded social media Thursday afternoon, and the National Weather Service said the unusual object was visible in southern parts of metro Atlanta.

The American ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Malaysia will ban plastic waste imports from the U.S. starting Tuesday because of America’s failure to abide by the Basel Convention treaty on international waste transfers, in a move that could have ...Read more

On June 26th, 1819, the bicycle was patented.

Microsoft employees aren't getting much time to take a breath between layoff rounds as thousands could be let go in early July, according to news reports.

The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant announced in mid-May that...Read more

I’ve got a few things I’ve been testing that would make great additions for a home office or dorm room.

Getting comfortable with your office furniture and equipment is essential for productivity.

Boulies OP300 ...Read more

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is adding an artificial intelligence coding assistant to to ease the work of developers, aiming to catch up with rival products such as OpenAI’s Codex and Anthropic’s Claude Code.

The Gemini ...Read more

BALTIMORE — As the heat index soars above 100 degrees in the Baltimore region this week, officials are urging workplaces to follow new state regulations for managing high-heat environments in the workplace to avoid heat-...Read more

Q: I've sometimes heard a future event described as being "more and more inevitable." Are there actually degrees of inevitability? -- Frank Greene, Glastonbury, Connecticut

A: No. "Inevitable" is one of about 30 common ...Read more

With “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe,” producer Kosuke Yabuki said he felt his team at Nintendo reached a finish line.

In an interview published by the company, members of the developer’s team said they perfected the formula...Read more

Although Nintendo no longer produces the most cutting-edge video game systems, the company has always had the most powerful ideas. That’s how it has thrived in an era where it competes against tech behemoths Microsoft ...Read more