New York City announced on Wednesday that it filed a multibillion dollar lawsuit against five top oil companies, citing their...
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A U.S. federal judge on Thursday approved a $265 million settlement over an Amtrak passenger train crash in Philadelphia in...
Atlantic storm Hermine drifted north on Monday off the U.S. East Coast, still packing near-hurricane strength winds but far enough...

New York state will loosen rules on marijuana prescribing, allow home delivery of the drug and take other steps to...
A blizzard swept across the northeastern United States on Tuesday, dropping as much as 2 feet (60 cm) of snow...
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has pleaded not guilty to federal charges stemming from a natural gas pipeline explosion in...

Fierce solar blasts that could have badly damaged electrical grids and disabled satellites in space narrowly missed Earth in 2012,...