Peter O'Dowd
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Wages in a state known for its hospitality industry aren’t rising fast enough to keep up with soaring home prices.
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There’s a loneliness epidemic in America that’s hitting two generations especially hard: boomers and zoomers.
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A century ago, miners in Tonopah risked their lives to pull a fortune of silver and gold from the nearby mountains. Though the mines went quiet years ago, the town of a little more than 2,000 people is betting that another boom is on the horizon.
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Six-time USA Memory champion Nelson Dellis has memorized hundreds of digits of pi. He has tips for how to improve your memory.
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The only lithium mine operating in the United States is in Nevada. But there are plans to open more to meet the demand for lithium-battery storage.
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The LA Dodgers open spring training trying to win their third World Series championship in a row. No team has done that since the New York Yankees 26 years ago.
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Mt. Graham is known as a sky island, a mountain ecosystem surrounded by a “sea of desert.”
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Muhammad Ali held a torch and lit a cauldron to kick off the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
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Scientists believe there are only a few hundred black-footed ferrets still living in the Western United States.
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More and more Americans are taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy to lose weight, and that's changing the way they eat. Now, some restaurants are introducing menus designed for people with smaller appetites.