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Mr Trump on Saturday signed an executive order placing 25 per cent tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico and a 10 ...

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President Donald Trump admitted that Americans might feel the "pain" from his newly imposed tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and ...

In 1980, after resigning from the paper, he turned his garage in Santa Monica into the first headquarters of the Hemlock Society, named for the poisonous plant that Socrates used to take his life ...

After his first wife's death, he helped start the Hemlock Society, wrote the bestseller “Final Exit” (1991), and assisted in pushing through a landmark law in Oregon to legalize physician-assisted ...

Connecticut’s governor has been an impediment to increased use of natural gas generating plants, the only short term solution. Offshore wind power plans have gone from a mess to a shambles.

One day after signing executive orders to impose 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, and 10% on Chinese items, ...

She foraged for food and learned a botanist’s and chemist’s knowledge of edible and poisonous plants – and those most ... The Hearst Foundations has awarded Washington State University with a $150,000 ...

As President Trump announces tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday night, we look at how those countries might respond.

A Reuters analysis shows that Berkshire coal plants emit more nitrogen oxide gases than any other coal-fired fleet in the country. Despite big investments in renewable energy, the company has resisted ...

BY MOLLEE FRANCISCO [email protected] Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, mistletoe hung where every couple tries to stop, the holly and the ivy – these are just a few of the plants that ...