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President Trump fired two Democratic appointees from the independent agency tasked with policing corporate America. One of them told NPR the move is a gift to the president's wealthiest supporters.

Fans of fireworks may face higher prices this Fourth of July. That's because most fireworks are made in China and importers now have to pay tariffs of at least 30%.

A deep dive on gossip. Revolutionary history. A meditation on muscle. A closer look at the color blue. And memoirs galore. There's something for everyone on this nonfiction summer reading list.

President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, an effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling.

Rather than lowering the price, some universities use online courses to subsidize everything else.

The public outrage unleashed by the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO echoes the anti-banking fury after the financial crisis and comes as populist economic fatigue helped re-elect Donald Trump.

The Biden administration set a new climate goal for the U.S. The White House argues states, cities and corporations will continue the work, even as Trump plans to exit the Paris climate agreement.

It's a grueling and risky life for these miners, known as zama zamas, an isiZulu phrase translating loosely as "those who take a chance." Says one: "Bit by bit it's killing something inside me."

Three Mile Island, the Pennsylvania power plant that was the scene of the worst commercial nuclear accident in American history, will reopen and sell power to Microsoft.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced this week that its 10-year State Forest Management Plan will be delayed by at least a year. That's because of the widespread damage to state forest land caused by a major ice storm. The storm hit the northern Lower Peninsula in late March, damaging about 900,000 acres of state forest.