A quick look at why leap years exist and why the calendar makes adjustments each century. Two teens killed in bungee jump cage death in front of horrified parents We recreated the legendary heatwave ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — As it has every year in recent memory, Portland General Electric just filed for regulatory approval of new rates — but this filing may finally come as welcome news for the utility's ...

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Whole Foods Market on Tuesday opened applications for its 2026 Local and Emerging Accelerator Program (LEAP), providing an opportunity for local and emerging brands. Launched in 2022, the program ...

The Bastrop City Council on Tuesday unanimously accepted a $1,400 donation from a local nonprofit veterinary clinic to purchase six microchip scanners to help reunite lost pets with their owners.

Philadelphia workers who don’t have a 401(k) will soon have a new option to build a cushion for retirement. Back in January, Mayor Cherelle Parker signed two bills establishing the Philadelphia ...

A Peninsula family is mourning the loss of their 6-year-old son who they say was killed when a table fell on him at a Burlingame afterschool program. The child died Wednesday at McKinley Elementary ...

In 2017, researchers found tiny, fossilized filaments that, at the time, appeared to be trace fossils of worms or other small marine animals between 542 and 555 million years old. Their astounding age ...

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WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence assessments indicate that the time Iran would need to build a nuclear weapon has not changed since last summer, when analysts estimated that a ...

A new program grants people access to the secure side of San Francisco International Airport without a boarding pass. The SFO Gate Explorer program provides the opportunity for pre-approved visitors ...