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Wall Street opened lower Tuesday while escalating tensions in the Russia-Ukraine war prompted investors to shift toward traditional safe-haven assets including gold and Treasury bonds. The S & P 500 fell 0.5 percent in early trading, with the Dow Jones…

Members of an Arizona tribe are attempting to defend a spring used for healing ceremonies by calling for a ban on lithium drilling near their ancestral lands. Leaders of the Hualapai tribe will testify Tuesday in the District Court before…

An ammonia leak in a Virginia commercial building Wednesday night led to 26 people being transported to the hospital, with four of them experiencing “significant symptoms,” according to local officials. Officials in Loudoun County, Virginia, about 45 miles northwest of…

Weeks after Hurricane Beryl caused devastating damage in the Caribbean and knocked out power to millions in southeast Texas, a new disturbance is brewing in the tropics. The National Hurricane Center is tracking a system in the central Atlantic that…