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It could put the American fossil fuel industry on a clear path to extinction.

The Green New Deal is an ambitious attempt to fight climate change, but is it destined to hit the political skids?

It marks a first for the U.S., where some 49,000 people died from opioids in 2018.

Is Tesla a car manufacturer or an energy company?

What is ‘mom guilt’? It’s a symptom of the tragic state of America’s parental leave policies.

People prefer to live in states that invest in life-easing amenities.

Americans must choose the middle path, away from the fundamentalist positions on both the right and the left, argues a Washington think tank.

A new report shows how legalizing marijuana nationally would likely be much more effective at curbing drug smuggling than building a border wall.

“We must end the needless and unjust convictions and the debilitating criminal stigma and let’s legalize the adult use of recreational use of marijuana once and for all,” the governor said.

Decades of studies have shown parents to be less happy than their childless peers. But are the kids to blame?

That’s a sharp increase from the 1960s when it took the same share of scientists an average of 35 years to drop out of academia.

Altria Group Inc., maker of Marlboro cigarettes, said it’s taking a 45 percent stake in Cronos Group, a major Canadian medical and recreational marijuana provider.

Luxembourg will offer the world’s first fare-free public transit system, but is there really such a thing as a free ride?

Drug use and arrests are rising overall, but those changes vary depending on the state.

A new study warns of millions of “lost Einsteins.”

Attenborough told the audience at COP24 that climate change is “our greatest threat in thousands of years.”

America treats the world like a board game. That’s a problem.

SpaceX plans to launch about 12,000 internet-providing satellites into orbit over the next six years.

The 116th Congress is set to break records in term of diversity among its lawmakers, though those changes are coming almost entirely from Democrats.

A new report outlines how the CIA considered using a drug called Versed on detainees in the years following 9/11.

Military recruits are supposed to be assessed to see whether they’re fit for service. What happens when they’re not?

The new offices will be built in New York’s Long Island City and Viriginia’s Arlington.

The government hopes to see 1.5 million electric cars on roads by 2030.

In an extraordinary claim of presidential power, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Friday that will restrict asylum for migrants for 90 days.

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions imposed stricter guidelines on marijuana policy during his tenure. It’s still unclear where his replacement, Matthew Whitaker, stands on the issue.

On Tuesday, eight science-credentialed candidates were elected to the House of Representatives.

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions often found himself at odds with the president during his nearly two-year tenure.

Voters decided on major changes on issues like marijuana, abortion and Medicaid.

Fox News, NBC, Facebook and CNN have all stopped airing the commercial, which some critics have labelled as inflammatory and racist.