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After years of frustration over air pollution, a petroleum refinery in Colorado agreed to a settlement. Nearby residents are spending some of that money to set up air monitors around the plant.

The CEO of Amtrak pledged Thursday to install automated speed control technology on the Northeast Corridor by the end of the year. An Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia was traveling over 100 mph at a curve where the speed limit is 50. But some say simpler solutions — like putting a second engineer at the controls — might be a cheaper way to save lives.

Two women hostages held in the jungle by Colombian rebels for more than five years are safe today after being released in a deal brokered by the president of Venezuela.

The military has a suicide rate higher than the national average, but many proposed solutions haven't been implemented. This issue has been studied for more than a decade.

This Thanksgiving, Pope Leo is making his first overseas trip as pontiff. He started in Turkey, where he called for tolerance between different peoples and religions.

Another movie about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is in theaters. It is inspired by the best-selling biography that came out in 2011. The new biopic is simply called Steve Jobs.

Gasoline prices have been plunging this fall, which is great for consumers. But it has been very hard on oil producers, who have been laying off legions of skilled workers. To hang on to their key employees, some companies are offering unpaid sabbaticals or trimming pay across the board to reduce labor costs without layoffs. But for many employers, times are so hard that they have no choice but to keep cutting employee ranks.

A vintage ocean liner stops dead in the water in Kate Christensen's latest. Critic Maureen Corrigan says the voyage is an "entertaining and elegantly written story about social class."

Travel experts had been predicting that summer 2016 would bring out our desire to take vacations and have fun. The latest jobs report confirms it: Employers are hiring to help you enjoy the season.

The West Bank resident liked the elevated, computerized planters funded by USAID. But he wanted to figure out a way to build the system without relying on grants.