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For Canadian residents wanting to visit the U.S., the threat of “expedited removal” – an on-the-spot decision by a border agent to ban someone from the U.S. for five years or more – is a major deterrent to doing business in America.

At least that’s the opinion expressed in a court brief…

For a clear picture of how Washington voters are the target of a national food fight over genetically modified ingredients, one need only look at contributions for and against Initiative 522.

In this high-stakes battle, the Yes on I-522 campaign has collected more than $4.6 million in…

Two years after a marine mammal observer on St. Paul Island buried a young killer whale that had washed up dead, students from St. Paul High School dug up the skeleton.

During the annual Bering Sea Days event earlier this month, Mike Etnier, a zooarchaeologist from…

I just returned from my first visit to Japan, which was limited to a small slice of Tokyo, a megacity offering a dizzying mix of ancient and modern, exuberant consumption and reflective modesty. I was there to speak at an annual forum on the environment organized by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper…

While smartphones have been used as a civilian tool for reporting crime, recent footage from a San Francisco murder scene has safety officials more concerned that handheld technology is making people oblivious to their surroundings.

The San Francisco Police Department says that security…