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Sure they are stressing out in Florida, what with all that sun, but Seattle?Sperling’s BestPlaces, a research firm specializing in livability rankings,…

Remotely-monitored video cameras are replacing some human fire lookouts on mountaintops around the Northwest.A private nonprofit called the Douglas Forest…

A scientific study that manipulated the news feeds of Facebook users has sparked a lot of negative feelings toward the company. A top executive apologized. Now, NPR's Shankar Vedantam weighs in.

In June of 1971, President Richard Nixon officially declared a "war on drugs." Drug abuse, he said, was "public enemy No. 1."Forty years later, few would…

Congressional forecasters expect the federal deficit will hit the second largest in decades, even without factoring in President Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan.

Updated at 5:05 p.m.: The top public health official in Washington's most populous county is asking everyone to wear masks in indoor public spaces because…