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Construction is underway for a solar-powered town in Southwest Florida. Babcock Ranch will cross Lee and Charlotte Counties. It could be home to some…

Seth Borenstein, national correspondent for Knight Ridder, talks about a report he co-wrote on the reduction of fines for mine safety violations imposed by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration since President Bush took office.

U.S. military commanders say American and Iraqi forces have occupied the entire city of Fallujah, although pockets of resistance remain in the city following a week of intense fighting. The civilian toll is still being assessed. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Gov. Rick Scott says there are four confirmed fungal meningitis cases in Florida linked to the national outbreak that has killed eight people. Scott told…

The Chesapeake restoration and others like it are in limbo because President Trump’s budget blueprint would eliminate funding for some regional cleanup programs.

A search is under way for a small plane carrying aviation adventurer Steve Fossett. Federal officials say he took off in the single-engine plane Monday at a private airstrip in western Nevada and didn't return as scheduled. A friend reported him missing.

The chairman of a state school safety commission says the panel will take a close look at contracts public schools have in place to train school ...

A new bill would allow psychologists in Florida to prescribe medication. If passed, Florida would be the sixth state to make the change.

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin has appointed former federal mine safety official Davitt McAteer to head a special state investigation into conditions in the coal industry. The probe comes after an explosion at the Sago coal mine that killed 12 miners. Anna Sale of West Virginia Public Radio reports.

Juan came to the U.S. with his family, who crossed the Rio Grande illegally in 1992. He has made a life for himself in Colorado that might seem like the American dream: a house, a job, two cars, three kids. But he remains undocumented.