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Lethal domestic violence is persistent, despite a statewide decline in overall homicides.
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Research on millionaire migration reveals that social and professional ties matter far more than marginal tax rates.
The founders’ vision of the speaker of the House – a nonpartisan moderator and referee – has yielded to a far more…
The Moss Landing battery fire became an unintended experiment – showing how burning lithium-ion cells scattered nickel,…
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The mysteries of Easter Island, subjects of speculation for centuries, yield to scientific inquiry.
Despite the administration’s claim of streamlining the government to make its operations more efficient, a range of recent…