Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new way to identify ...

The search for critical minerals could put deep-sea mining and commercial fishing on a collision course.

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Some 28 migrants were charged in US District Court in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Monday for crossing into the 170-mile-long (274-km-long) buffer zone patrolled by U.S. troops, according to court ...

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The United States has announced its first criminal prosecutions against migrants and asylum seekers accused of crossing into a newly created military zone along the country’s border with Mexico.

The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ancestor.

They say sweeping actions in his first 100 days will have long-term impact. On the campaign trail, and in the weeks leading up to his return to the White House, President Donald Trump vowed to hit ...

The Justice Department has begun the first criminal prosecutions of migrants who breach a newly expanded military zone at the southern border that is patrolled by U.S. troops, threatening people ...