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Silver prices slid as much as 16% on Thursday, snapping a two-day rebound. The metal had been on a record-breaking spree before crashing almost 30% last Friday. Analysts point to speculative flows, ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The City of Memphis announced Friday that garbage crews have resumed trash pickup. Trash has piled up on curbs across the city after a winter storm blasted through the Mid-South two ...

(Bloomberg) -- New Jersey Transit is resuming rail service after the heaviest and coldest winter storm in years forced the state-run agency on Sunday to halt all of its public transportation ...

WEST BANDUNG, Indonesia, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities resumed search-and-rescue efforts for 80 people missing after a landslide killed 10 ‌in a residential area of West Java province. The ...

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Russia launched the "most powerful" attack this year on Ukraine's battered energy facilities overnight, Kyiv said on Tuesday, leaving hundreds of thousands without heating in frigid temperatures ahead ...

The precious metal market has been thrown back into turmoil, with the live silver price in US dollars quoted on Thursday at near $77.03 per ounce, down almost 15% on the day and back to levels last ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American Royal is set to resume construction on its long-awaited new campus in western Wyandotte County.