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The House of Representatives voted to increase Social Security benefits for millions of Americans this week with a bipartisan majority, but a substantial number of Republicans voted against the measure to help pensioners and their spouses get full benefits. The…

The water levels of the Colorado River have been dropping lower than forecasted for decades, mystifying scientists. Now, researchers may have figured out that spring rainfall may be the cause, according to a new paper in the journal Geophysical Research…