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Growing California wildfires have forced evacuations as a heat wave has threatened to make fire conditions worse across that state

Firefighters battling a Sierra wildfire that has burned more than five square miles north of Lake Tahoe are making significant progress slowing its growth

A new study finds that every year people create 57 million tons of plastic pollution

A new study finds that every year people create 57 million tons of plastic pollution

The chief executives of Kroger and Albertsons are set to testify in federal court about their companies' proposed merger

It was a rapture and a revelation all at the same time

All levels of government are striving to reduce maternal mortality and erase the race gap in the United States

Federal, state and local governments are all trying to reduce maternal mortality rates across the United States and eliminate racial disparities

A report on the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century details steps communities can take to reduce the likelihood that grassland wildfires will turn into urban conflagrations

Hawaii's congressional representatives say the nation’s disaster relief fund needs to be replenished so the U.S. government can continue to help survivors of Maui’s deadly wildfires and other disasters around the country