Micron Technology, one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers, is investing up to $2.17 billion to expand its ...

As U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson vies to keep his gavel, President-elect Donald Trump on Monday gave the Louisiana ...

Tech tools aimed at making the roads safer and more efficient amass a large amount of data, and some data privacy experts ...

Following the passage of a federal law earlier this year that calls for the owners of social media app TikTok to either sell ...

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A recent immigration surge brought newcomers to every state this year, helping to offset a continued drop in U.S. births ...

The U.S. Senate approved a broadly bipartisan bill early Saturday that would increase Social Security benefits for millions ...

If advocates are successful, Washington would join a dozen Democratic-leaning states and several cities that have added new ...

Valerie Fridland is a professor of linguistics at the University of Nevada in Reno and author of the book, "Like Literally, ...

From St. Nick to Santa to Kris Kringle, it’s a marvel that Rudolph isn’t completely confused about whom exactly he is working ...

President Joe Biden commuted the sentences on Monday of 37 death row inmates, citing his conscience as a force behind the ...

Virginia’s booming data center industry is driving unprecedented energy demands, straining the state’s natural gas infrastructure and prompting calls for new pipelines. A Joint Legislative Audit and ...