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Blandford students raise hens and sell the eggs as part of an "eggtrepreneur" lesson.

Egg laying chickens will likely wait 5 more years for less confining cages in Michigan

A state House committee has approved a bill to give egg producers more time to convert their facilities to less confining conditions for the…

Depeswar Doley's RS Automotive in Takoma Park, Md., is the first U.S. gas station to be fully converted to an electric vehicle charging center.

Gas Station Converts To Electric Charging Station And Speeds Ahead Of Curve

As the electric car industry ramps up, one gas station in Takoma Park, Md., has already changed lanes. The owner hopes to motivate other stations to make the shift.

Kick Off Fall With This Trio Of Innovative YA Graphic Novels

This month sees the arrival of a handful of bold new graphic novels aimed at young adult readers, with unexpected topics and settings from a contemporary Chinese American community to the Old West.

Original plan for natural gas pipeline route. This plan has now changed.

Homeowners resist pipeline, fear property value decline and gas explosions

There are a pair of natural gas pipelines being planned for Michigan. One is called NEXUS. Its main owners are Spectra Energy and DTE Energy. The other…

Zoologist Lucy Cooke says we infantilize pandas because they look cute. "We don't think of them as bears," she says. "We think of them as helpless evolutionary mishaps." Though captive breeding programs get a lot of press, she wishes that there were more emphasis on maintaining their natural habitat. Above, panda cubs at a conservation center in Wenchuan in China's southwestern Sichuan province.

Who Cares If They're Cute? This Zoologist Accepts Animals On Their Own Terms

Zoologist Lucy Cooke says humans aren't doing animals any favors when we moralize their behavior. Her book The Truth About Animals is organized around "fact and not sentimentality."

Genie Milgrom, pictured in 2013, stands in the entryway of her Miami home wrapped in a long family tree, filled with the names of 22 generations of grandmothers. Raised Catholic, Milgrom traced her family's hidden Jewish roots with the help of a trove of ancient family recipes written down by the women of her family over generations.

Trove Of Recipes Dating Back To Inquisition Reveals A Family's Secret Jewish Roots

Many Jews were forced to convert during the Inquisition, a history often lost to their descendants. Finding recipes adhering to Jewish food customs helped one woman unearth her family's hidden past.

corner of a chessboard with black pieces set up

Stateside: Trump’s auto agenda; latest on UAW strike; 14-year-old Detroit chess champion

Today on Stateside, what impact does the impeachment inquiry into President Trump have on the auto industry? Plus, a new memoir about the price people pay…

Food that fell from the shelves at a Walmart following an earthquake in Yucca Valley, Calif., on Friday.

Southern California Hit With Another Big Earthquake

The U.S. Geological Survey reported the magnitude was 7.1. It's the biggest earthquake in the area in 20 years and follows a 6.4 magnitude earthquake Thursday.

Opening day brings a small bump in business to Cornwall's, mostly from neighborhood regulars. But the initial rush would fizzle out soon after, leaving the family-owned pub just barely covering its costs.

Boston Pub Struggles To Stay In Business As Other Establishments Stay Closed

A go-to for generations of students — and faculty — at Boston University, the family-owned pub has been counting on the back-to-school crowds to help survive the pandemic.

After regaining control of his number, Gregg Bennett says he received this automatic text message from the AT&T store in Boston that he believes was used by the SIM-swappers.

'SIM-Swap' Scams Expose Risks Of Using Phones For Secondary I.D.

Security experts say our growing reliance on cell phones to help confirm our identity online is motivating "SIM-swap" scams to highjack our numbers.

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