Watch how an avocado fruit tree was growing from a seed/pit to young plant in this time-lapse. An avocado seed was extracted from a store-bought fresh fruit and wrapped within a moist paper tower for ...

The federal shutdown will affect people across the United States. NPR's network of member stations explains what will be ...

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Washington is bracing for what could be a prolonged federal shutdown after lawmakers deadlocked and missed the deadline for ...

Social Security and Medicare benefits will keep flowing, but federal employees will be working without pay, and delays likely ...

Yosemite and other national parks across California and the rest of the United States remained open Wednesday, the first day ...

The federal government ran out of money after a Democratic-backed spending bill that would have extended health care ...

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New research from Griffith University has measured individual tree heights across 3.1 million hectares in the New South Wales ...

Congress didn't reach a budget deal by midnight Oct. 1, causing a federal government shutdown. Here's what it could impact.