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In Oregon, mass timber is increasingly being viewed as a construction material that could help the state build more affordable homes and revive rural logging towns

A camera atop Hawaii’s tallest mountain has captured what looks like a spiral swirling through the night sky

The Federal Reserve Board has denied a Wyoming cryptocurrency bank’s application for Federal Reserve System membership

Amazon is axing free grocery delivery for Prime members on orders less than $150

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and top aides to President Joe Biden have met in Washington to discuss electric vehicles

For all the sound and fury about raising the nation's debt limit, most economists say federal borrowing is not at a crisis point

A Trader Joe’s store in Louisville, Kentucky, has voted to unionize

For the second time this month, House Republicans have advanced a measure to restrict presidential use of the nation’s emergency oil stockpile — a proposal that has already drawn a White House veto threat

It’s the first time the four leaders of the two congressional spending committees are women

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge eased further in December, and consumer spending fell — the latest evidence that the Fed’s series of interest rate hikes are slowing the economy

Ten Filipino men who worked for a major offshore oil industry employer under federally granted visas claim in a federal lawsuit they were treated like prisoners at a company bunkhouse and that some of them were abandoned there when Hurricane Ida struck the Louisiana Gulf Coast in August 2021

Ford is recalling nearly 383,000 SUVs in the U.S. because the touch screens may not display a camera image when backing up

An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve slowed in December, and consumer spending fell

A proposed settlement between New Jersey and the current owner of a notoriously polluted industrial site is drawing fire from residents of Toms River, where memories of children getting cancer at elevated rates are still a fresh source of pain

A federal lawsuit is seeking class-action damages for countless hotel patrons who booked rooms in Las Vegas since 2019

A proposed settlement between New Jersey and the current owner of a notoriously polluted industrial site is drawing fire from residents of Toms River, where memories of children getting cancer at elevated rates are still a fresh source of pain

Restaurants are beginning the new year with a recurring problem: labor shortages

American Airlines have given more proof of the recovery in air travel, posting a better-than-expected profit for the fourth quarter

A jury has awarded an Oregon woman $1 million in damages after finding she was discriminated against by a gas station employee who told her, “I don’t serve Black people.”

Colorado lawmakers unanimously voted to push forward a bill that would create a $2 million pilot program to use cameras and artificial intelligence technology to help identify fires before they burn out of control

Toymaker Hasbro is cutting about 1,000 jobs as part of moves announced last year to save up to $300 million annually by 2025

Boeing has pleaded not guilty to a criminal charge in a case revolving around two crashes of Boeing 737 Max planes

The U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot

The U.S. government is offering more money to find a solution for storing or disposing of spent nuclear fuel from the nation's commercial nuclear power plants