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The Trump administration cut a NOAA program that had tracked weather events that caused at least $1 billion in damage. A ...

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A play about the worst industrial accident in Australian history is one of the main attractions in the Melbourne Theatre ...

Current and former staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency demonstrated against workforce and program cuts during a “FEMA Solidarity Rally” on Friday, a potentially risky act of protest ...

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Dave Ramsey, financial guru and founder of Ramsey Solutions, has a very simple approach to retirement planning. Save consistently, avoid (or get out of) debt, invest wisely and view retirement from a ...

Flawed engineering and inadequate testing contributed to the catastrophic implosion of a private submersible during a 2023 expedition to the Titanic wreckage, the US National Transportation Safety ...