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Vice President Kamala Harris has strongly supported clean energy investments, while Donald Trump has railed against them. But transformative shifts in the energy landscape already are well underway.
In storms like Hurricane Helene, flooded industrial sites and toxic chemical releases are a silent and growing threat
People living near these industries and emergency responders often have few details about the chemicals inside. New interactive maps pinpoint the risks.
How the Taliban’s new ‘vice and virtue’ law erases women by justifying violence against them
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Why trying to protect freedom may work better than campaigning to protect democracy
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Is it bad to listen to music all the time? Here’s how tunes can help or harm
Listening to music and doing homework can be in harmony − as long as you turn down the volume.
How Southwest High School could reopen as a neighborhood middle school
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Several Brookside neighbors said they like the idea of the building being used again, but only if reopening is handled well.
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Cheney Lake is drying up. Wichita says the drought plan is working
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One big rainstorm won’t fix Wichita’s water shortage. Dark storm clouds that hovered over Wichita one mid-September softened the ring of cracked dirt that’s inched wider around Cheney Lake each week, but it didn’t erase the underlying problem. Kansas is in a drought. For much of the last year, Cheney Lake, Wichita’s primary water source, […]
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Native student tuition waivers now in University of Wyoming’s court
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“Circular” conversation between lawmakers and UW trustees on a long-considered topic ends with university commitment after senator asks: “Can we just not keep kicking this down the road?”
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