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Arizona officials are terminating AgTech LLC’s state land leases in Yuma County, citing lease violations and operations outside the company’s permitted agricultural scope. AgTech disputes the decision, plans to appeal and warns of potential effects on jobs, biosolids management costs and Arizona’s agricultural industry.
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The fall equinox, which arrives Tuesday in the U.S., brings shorter days, and chances to witness alignment between Earth and the sun. It's a modern version of ancient observances of a celestial shift. -
The Federal Aviation Administration launched an ambitious $875-million-dollar push to make the U.S. airspace more efficient. But critics say it won't solve bigger problems with air traffic control. -
Paramount's owners have made concessions to 12 Democratic state attorneys general to settle a lawsuit that endangered the media company's bid for its larger Hollywood rival, Warner Bros. Discovery. -
While many Republican candidates, even in some critical tossup races, still back President Trump's baseless claims about election integrity, some GOP voters say they are ready to move on. -
The U.S. gets nearly a third of its pork from Iowa. One family is making the switch from pigs to more sustainable specialty mushrooms and trying to show other pig farmers how they did it. -
German Chancellor Freidrich Merz conceded that the night spells "disaster" for the political center, but assured the public he'd push ahead with his federal agenda of tax and welfare reforms. -
United Nations head António Guterres returns to New York for his final U.N. General Assembly as diplomacy falters over wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the global body faces deep divisions. -
With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances. -
World leaders gather in New York for U.N. General Assembly, Trump says his proposed D.C. arch will be "military complex," FAA rolls out AI-enhanced software to manage nation's skies.
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Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were being extradited to the U.S. on Sunday to face justice in Florida. -
Diesel prices continue setting records, now above $6.50 a gallon. That could mean higher prices not just for truckers, but for everyone.
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John Boyd Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association, says soaring diesel costs are deepening a farm crisis as farmers face sharply higher fuel costs in the middle of harvest season.
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