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Back to SearchNearly 30% of US drugstores closed in one decade, study shows
Nearly three out of 10 U.S. drugstores that were open during the previous decade had closed by 2021, new research shows. Some neighborhoods were mos…
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What billionaires and their advisers say keeps them from giving more and faster
America’s wealthiest people have urged each other to give away more of their money since at least 1889, the year Andrew Carnegie argued that the rich…
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Panasonic opens its first fully renewable energy factory in Europe, powered by solar and hydrogen
Tech giant Panasonic has converted its 50-year-old microwave production facility in Cardiff, Wales, to operate entirely on renewable energy. This pr…
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Sails ahoy! Pioneers spearhead comeback for wind to clean up global shipping
Seafaring pioneers are spearheading a comeback for wind power in the shipping industry, to try to make a dent in its huge carbon footprint. The inte…
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Libraries are becoming hubs for public health across the U.S.
The mobile clinic is one of several health programs offered by libraries across the U.S.—from tiny rural town libraries to large urban systems. They …
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Campbell’s shareholders approve the company’s new, soupless name
Campbell’s is ditching the soup—at least in name. And the change has now received the shareholders’ green light. Campbell Soup Co. announced its int…
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Disabled Americans rely on rideshare apps but say they still face discrimination
Disabled people who use rideshare apps Lyft and Uber say their experience is not a seamless task of pressing a few buttons and being whisked to their…
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Think ‘brain rot’ summed up 2024? Oxford agrees it was the word of the year
Many of us have felt it, and now it's official: "brain rot" is the Oxford Dictionary's word of the year. Oxford University Press said that the evoca…
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Cyber Monday shoppers were expected to set a record on the year’s biggest day for online shopping
Even though e-commerce is now part and parcel of many people’s regular routines and the holiday shopping season, Cyber Monday—a term coined in 2005 b…
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Lighthouse keeper retires after 25 years working on remote Australian island
Being a lighthouse keeper is probably one of the loneliest jobs in the world. Yet, it’s been Leo op den Brouw’s work and life for the past 25 years …
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