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On Feb. 20, President Biden declared the state of Texas the site of a major disaster, making available federal funding for the relief of the millions of Texans who have been without water, food,...
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One way to measure an unsettled American society is by gun deaths per 100,000 people. Based on this and other factors, one state stands out.
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Temperatures in Houston soon will reach 80 degrees. Just days ago, temperatures dropped toward the single digits and snow fell at record levels.
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The Pine Bluff, Arkansas, metropolitan area is by far place in America with the fastest shrinking population.
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These four hedge fund managers together made $10.7 billion last year, raising questions about American society, the economy and its financial rewards.
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Drought conditions in Phoenix, Arizona have been nearly the same for a decade and a half.
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The COVID-19 pandemic brought an abrupt end to an era of relative prosperity in the United States. After years of steady economic expansion and job growth, the U.S. poverty rate stood at 12.3% in...
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There were 1.2 million violent crimes — murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults — committed in the United States in 2019, according to the most recent available FBI data. The 2019...
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New York City will be as hard as, if not harder than, any city in the country by a new winter megastorm.
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overnight. One of America's largest cities, often hit by hurricanes in the summer and autumn, is under siege by winter.
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Montana, one of the least diverse states in the country, is the one with the most hate groups.
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Voluntary gifts to U.S. colleges and universities dipped by less than 1% in 2020, even as the pandemic raged across the country.
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The United States has gotten safer in the past few decades, but Alaska is the most dangerous state in America.
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The United States has gotten safer in the past few decades, and Maine ranks as the safest state in America.
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The United States tumbled to its worst score on the Corruption Perceptions Index since 2012.
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