Scientists looking to understand how to communicate with aliens say that honeybees are the key to achieving the right methods to do so. Bees might be tiny insects that forage through flowers for ...

Sales of new cars and trucks — a barometer for the economy — sank in January to the lowest level in three years after a major winter storm. It could be a tough year for automobile makers even after ...

Ever notice white spots on your dishes, soap that won't lather, or your hair feeling dull no matter how much shampoo you use? These are common signs of hard water. The minerals in unfiltered water don ...

My heating engineer came to fix my radiators because they kept shutting off and the hot water was intermittent. I told him in advance that I thought it was a water-pressure issue. He spent some time ...

Cody Howard from the California Air Resources Board talks with Riverbank residents about air quality problems in Stanislaus County on Feb. 9 2026. Kathleen Quinn The Modesto Bee Residents of Riverbank ...

A fast-moving measles outbreak in South Carolina reached a grim milestone last week: It is now the biggest outbreak in the U.S. in a quarter century. It’s the latest public health record to be broken ...

When the Trump administration targeted billions of dollars in federal welfare funds recently over fraud concerns, it singled out five Democratic-run states. An examination by The Wall Street Journal ...

FILE - The Kraft logo outside of the company's headquarters in Northfield, Ill., March 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) FILE - The Kraft logo outside of the company's headquarters in Northfield, ...