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Festival volunteer Erin Petrey pours nonalcoholic martinis during bartender Derek Brown's master class at the Mindful Drinking Fest in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21.

This drinks festival doesn't have alcohol. That's why hundreds of people came

One of the hottest tickets in Washington, D.C., was to a festival that was all about drinking and having fun — but not about booze.

In this Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, file photo, cleanup contractors deploy skimmers and floating barriers known as booms to try to stop further oil crude incursion into the Wetlands Talbert Marsh in Huntington Beach, Calif., after an oil spill off Southern California.

California's Justice Department is now investigating the cause of the oil spill

California Attorney General Rob Bonta says investigators will work to find the cause of the oil spill and whether anything could have been done to prevent the spill.

Why your local government just might be going broke

State government has been distracted by the water contamination crisis it created in Flint, by the financial problems in Detroit schools, and the…

Companies like CarbFix are working on taking carbon dioxide and pumping it underground to react with porous rock, locking it there so it doesn't cause the planet to warm.

Vacuuming carbon from the air could help stop climate change. Not everyone agrees

With the climate warming rapidly, scientists are finding that cutting fossil fuels may not be enough. Carbon dioxide emissions may need to be vacuumed right out of the air.

<strong>April 20:</strong> Nadiya, 62, points to her destroyed home in the village of Moshchun, northwest of Kyiv, as more than 5 million Ukrainians have now fled their country following the Russian invasion, according to the United Nations.

Photos: Mariupol evacuations fail as the U.S. agrees to more aid for Ukraine

Russia continues to work to get control of eastern Ukraine as the country's forces refuse to surrender.

A mobile home and a truck trailer sit near a creek Sunday after they were washed away by flood waters the day before in McEwen, Tenn. Heavy rains caused flooding in middle Tennessee and have resulted in multiple deaths as homes and rural roads were washed away.

22 Dead, Many Missing After 17 Inches Of Rain In Tennessee

Flooding in rural areas took out roads, cellphone towers and telephone lines, leaving families uncertain about whether their loved ones survived the unprecedented deluge.

Stateside: Ann Arbor spends big on school safety; mental health training for cops; butternut booze

Today on Stateside, the Michigan legislature has been busy pushing through bills during lame duck. The question is: will Governor Rick Snyder sign them?…

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Issues & Ale: Michigan's Crumbling InfrastructureTues, May 10, 6:30 - 8:00 pmBeer Grotto500 E Michigan AveLansing, MI 48912Many Michigan communities are…

An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, Oct. 11, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. The deadline is looming for Western allies to agree on a price cap on Russia oil.

What to know about the West's new efforts to slash Russia's oil revenue

Plans take effect Monday that ban most Russian oil imports from Europe and put a price cap on the oil going elsewhere. But Russia could still make money off oil to fund its war in Ukraine.

Marcus and Allyson Ward were paying off a debt dating back to the birth of their twins, Theo and Milo. They are among 100 million Americans with medical debt, according to a KHN/NPR investigation.

Medical debt affects millions, and advocates push IRS, consumer agency for relief

More than 50 consumer and patient groups want the Biden Administration to aggressively protect Americans from medical bills and debt collectors. The effort follows a KHN/NPR investigation.

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