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Oregon city now picks up garbage once every two weeks, but collects yard waste and kitchen scraps weekly. It's about diverting waste from landfills and creating marketable compost.
America will halve its reliance on Middle East oil by the end of this decade and could end it completely by 2035 due to declining demand and growth of new petroleum sources, energy analysts say.
The University of Virginia board voted unanimously to reinstate ousted President Teresa Sullivan, a rare reversal on the heels of two weeks of protests from faculty, students and alumni.
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The U.S. economic recovery may be gaining momentum, but the country faces challenges, the OECD said in a new report. Separately, U.S. consumers' mood on the economy soured in June.
A diet based on healthy carbohydrates—rather than a low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet—offers the best chance of keeping weight off without bringing unwanted side effects, a new study shows.
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Senate lawmakers easily approved legislation that will allow the Food & Drug Administration to collect $6 billion in user fees from medical companies to help pay for reviews of new drugs and devices.
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Home prices in the largest metropolitan areas rose again in April, providing further evidence that the housing market is slowly recuperating.
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An investigation found that Gregory Jaczko, outgoing chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, behaved in a way that was "not supportive of an open and collaborative work environment" and gave testimony to Congress that contradicted accounts from other agency officials.
Several people were arrested in New York and in multiple countries around the globe for allegedly trafficking in stolen financial information, including credit cards and banking information, an FBI official said.
Supporters of the Free Syrian Army have established an outreach office in Washington for a lobbying effort that is likely to feed the Obama administration's discussions on whether to arm the group or more directly intervene in the Syrian conflict.
Senate leaders said they had reached a tentative deal to keep most student-loan interest rates at 3.4% for another year, preventing the rates from doubling.
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, who is facing a tough re-election fight, announced she is skipping the party's national convention in Charlotte, N.C.
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Officials' comments and recently revised projections have some economists guessing the Fed might decide to stick with its policy of keeping short-term interest rates near zero into 2015.
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One of the biggest questions that will have to be answered after the health-law ruling is what happens to the money already spent or pledged to carry it out if the law is struck down.
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Vacation homes and commercial properties in flood-prone areas could see their flood-insurance premiums more than double over a four-year period under a bill poised to clear the Senate this week.
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A federal appeals court upheld the EPA's first-ever rules limiting carbon-dioxide emissions, a major victory for the Obama administration.
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Obama has managed to retain a narrow lead in his race for re-election despite a spate of bad economic news and surging GOP optimism about Romney's prospects, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds.
Two longtime congressional incumbents beat back strong challenges in primary elections. In New York, Rep. Charles Rangel is on track to claim a 22nd two-year term. In Utah, Sen. Orrin Hatch easily defeated a challenger who ran aggressively to his right.
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A day after the Supreme Court upheld a key provision of Arizona's immigration law, Democrats and advocates seized the decision as an opportunity to encourage Latinos to register to vote.
Nora Ephron, an essayist and screenwriter whose fixation on food, real estate and the relationships between men and women helped reinvigorate the Hollywood romantic comedy, dies at 71.
Few would dispute that southern Louisiana is boudin heaven. Trickier to answer is which of three competing Cajun communities is the sausage's official mecca.
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The popularity of Greek-style yogurt has brought manufacturing jobs to New Berlin, N.Y., a tiny town in the green hills of the state's central region. But farmers can't keep up with the escalating demand for milk.
With China's rising global influence, a growing group of Westerners are going to great lengths to give their kids a leg up in Mandarin.
The idea of curling up with a good book has increasingly come to mean flipping on an e-reader. Yet the home library is on the rise, having become something of a cerebral status symbol.