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An orphan uranium mine at the Grand Canyon. (Photo: tbone_sandwich) Flagstaff, Arizona - Over a thousand uranium mines have already contaminated water across the Southwest, poisoning communities …

Washington - Analysts who reviewed complex mortgage bonds that ultimately collapsed and ruined the U.S. housing market were threatened with firing if they lost lucrative business, prompting faulty ratings …

Washington - As Japan struggles with radioactive contamination from one of the world's worst nuclear accidents, American nuclear experts are watching for clues on how to make U.S. nuclear …

Cairo - Egyptian prosecutors said on Wednesday they had detained the former president, Hosni Mubarak, and his two sons for 15 days to face questioning about corruption and abuse …

(Photo: Speedy314; Edited: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Radioactive material from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan has fallen in rain on major cities across …

UN Official Denied Visit With Manning The United Nation Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez said that he is "deeply disappointed and frustrated” that his request "for …

Back in July, federal district court judge Susan Bolton imposed a preliminary injunction on parts of the controversial immigration law passed by Arizona last year, SB-1070. She enjoined provisions …

Austin - The records of about 3.5 million people, including Social Security numbers, were erroneously placed on a public computer server at the Texas Comptroller’s Office and remained there …

Naomi Matsura, right, and her aunt Shizuko Hoshi, look for her belongings amid the debris of her home left by the tsunami that followed the March 11 earthquake, in …

A version of this story was co-published with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. For years C. Alan Walker, a coal industry mogul and wealthy donor to Pennsylvania's Republican Party, …