There’s no shortage of Dollar Tree party supplies. For example, you can get a 9-foot birthday banner, a 30-count pack of plastic cutlery, a 30-count pack of beverage napkins, a plastic tablecloth and ...

On Aug. 23, a class action lawsuit was filed alleging that some leading PVC pipe manufacturers exploited supply chain disruptions to fix prices and overcharge their customers for PVC municipal water ...

Discover a few of the longtime favorite Italian restaurants in the Des Moines metro, featuring cozy classics and signature ...

James Van Der Beek and wife Kimberly renewed vows in a bedroom ceremony days before the "Dawson's Creek" star's death from colorectal cancer at 48.

Let's be real. Some of the most transcendent food experiences don't happen in sleek dining rooms with white tablecloths. They happen in cramped storefronts, tucked behind shopping centers, or inside ...

Dangerous concentrations of algae such as "red tides" have been consistently emerging in locations around the world. A region in Southern Australia is experiencing a nine-month toxic algae bloom that ...

Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste? And why do single-use items still pile up in takeaway restaurants, shops and the environment? Single-use ...

That’s a wrap on harmful plastic? Microplastics — which slough off larger plastics — plague everything we touch, from our food to our cleaning tools, increasing the risk of heart attacks, strokes and ...

Plastic pollution has proven stubbornly resistant to quick fixes. Even so-called biodegradable plastics often linger in the environment, breaking down into microplastics that spread through ecosystems ...

Beneath the ocean’s surface, bacteria have evolved specialized enzymes that can digest PET plastic, the material used in bottles and clothes. Researchers at KAUST discovered that a unique molecular ...