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Yemeni coffeehouses have gained culinary prominence in recent years, offering brews of coffee and tea seasoned with cardamom, ginger, cloves and other ingredients.
An analysis of one major effort shows how to get Democrats and Republicans to agree to spend billions of dollars on a decades-long environmental restoration project.
The price cap would have lowered costs for Enbrel, an immunosuppressant drug made by Amgen.
When you breathe in wildfire smoke, harmful particles can travel deep into your body.
Philadelphia produced some of the most popular and longest-running local children’s shows in television history.
Police departments vary widely in how they use ‘scoop and run’ – and whether they use it just for colleagues who’ve been shot or for members of the public too.
Cubans are living in a state of limbo, and it’s not clear that US military intervention would revitalize the Cuban economy.
Two physicians discuss the ongoing earthquake relief efforts in their home country of Venezuela and explain what the healthcare system was like before the disaster.
Colorado watered down its AI legislation but may still face litigation from the Department of Justice.
Florida’s population boom has fizzled to just 0.9% growth as domestic migration slows to a trickle.
Philadelphia police revoked the carry licenses of five members of the Black Lion Party for International Solidarity, citing ‘good cause.’ Is that constitutional?
Utilities face a dilemma: How to deliver power through dry, windy regions without accidentally starting a catastrophic fire.
The psychedelic treatment is moving through the FDA clinical trial process in Colorado and elsewhere.
What has the Sunshine State learned from 27 years of school choice?
New legislation in Denver created a program to build, repair and maintain sidewalks throughout the city.
A late-19th century campaign spearheaded by Foster’s brother sought to elevate him into the pantheon of American cultural heroes, even as his sympathies tended to lie with the pro-slavery South.
The American Revolution was won not just by ideals and armies, but by the strategic trade networks of a small Caribbean port.
If you want to help, an aid expert advises you to donate cash to nonprofits involved in local rescue and recovery efforts.
The uncertainty of Haitian TPS status in the US is a significant source of stress for Haitian migrants, particularly women.
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