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At least 15 Florida state universities and colleges have signed agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that authorize campus police to carry out immigration enforcement.
In the early days of the United States, Philly was a hotbed of conspiracy theories as fears grew that secret societies sought to dismantle religion’s influence on society.
The court decided Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy violated the free speech of a talk therapist.
The Big Cypress fox squirrel is losing its habitat to urban and suburban development. But a few design changes could help to save this and other species.
Streamflows the West relies on for drinking water and farms used to follow a fairly predictable arc as winter snow melted. Rising temperatures are changing that.
Significant public resources are spent on staffing, overtime, EMS staging, traffic control and interagency coordination that are integral to a successful event.
Participatory budgeting makes the people involved more likely to vote – an important consideration in a city like Detroit where many don’t.
A University of Pittsburgh researcher is studying why Pennsylvania residents who regularly encounter ticks still underestimate their risk of Lyme disease.
Researchers are using machine learning models to identify gentrification in imagery. Community insights help keep the models on track
The backlash reveals a strain of snobbery that confuses manufactured fun with a lack of meaning and authenticity.
The status change may result in students avoiding degrees in nursing and social work.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, Philadelphia will require employers to provide reasonable accommodations to workers suffering from symptoms of hormonal cycles and changes.
A database of sounds from a community of wild dolphins is proving to be a great resource for researchers studying dolphin communication.
Betsy Ross probably did not sew the first American flag, but she was one of many craftswomen whose wartime labor helped build a nation.
Policy and legal efforts aim to stop these malicious security breaches, but they are growing more common as hospitals adopt remote health care delivery and hackers adopt artificial intelligence.
A new study linking Pittsburgh’s air pollution to thousands of deaths each year has been published just as the EPA moves to weaken pollution standards.
Allegheny County is pouring millions into a new juvenile detention facility, even as evidence mounts that alternatives to detention are more helpful.
Hallucinogenic chocolate bars were removed from six Denver-area gas stations.
Product reformulations are common in the food industry, and they can be done well, or poorly. Who remembers Doritos with olestra?
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