This week marked the 10th anniversary of President Barack Obama signing into law the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument.
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Starbucks and Starbucks Workers United said in February they had come to common ground in moving forward for the rest of the year. But the union says Starbucks has not kept its end of the commitment.
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Oxford professor Ben Ansell says we are witnessing a battle between nationalism and liberalism that will write our own time indelibly into the history books of tomorrow.
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The national discount retailer says that a previously announced deal to sell itself to a private-equity group fell through.
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Saturday marks the shortest day of the year and the official start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. NPR has compiled plenty of expert tips for celebrating the solstice and weathering winter.