Spruce Pine is a major global supplier of high-purity quartz. It’s an essential ingredient for microchips and solar panels.

In the American West, white glaciers and snow fields are outnumbered by long-overlooked “rock glaciers.” The rock covering ...

Shackled and dressed in khaki prison garb at a hearing in West Palm Beach, Fla., Routh also requested a jury trial. He faces four other charges, such as possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

California's governor signed a slate of bills over the weekend aimed at beginning the process of reparations for Black ...

San Francisco Unified School District officials said Friday that they have discovered about 350 teachers in the district who ...

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Israeli commandos are currently conducting a raid inside southern Lebanon, and there are indications that Israel may send ...

Israeli commandos are currently conducting a raid inside southern Lebanon, and there are indications that Israel may send ...

There are fewer tents on San Francisco sidewalks. The city has ramped up enforcement of anti-camping laws, and police are ...

Experts say the first thing is to make sure it’s safe to go back inside. Then you need to dry things out as fast as possible.