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Articles by Valerie Richardson

Planned Parenthood is expanding into alternative care as fewer women undergo abortions and patients seek health care services elsewhere. (Associated Press/File)

Planned Parenthood enters transgender market

As dozens of its clinics closed amid a dwindling U.S. abortion rate, Planned Parenthood has moved to diversify its business model by getting into transgender hormone therapy.

January 3, 2018
A couple carries their packages after holiday shopping at Concord Mills mall in Concord, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Donald Trump cheers as holiday shoppers set spending records

There was plenty of good cheer at America's shopping malls this holiday season as consumers unleashed their wallets and set spending records, buoying retailers and raising confidence levels for more economic gains in 2018.

December 28, 2017
Strong winds whip around fresh snow on the mountains on Friday, March 3, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Record snow on Alaska mountain linked to climate change

A study released Tuesday in the journal Scientific Reports found that snowfall on the highest peak in the Alaska Range has more than doubled since the start of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-19th century, which researchers attribute to climate change.

December 19, 2017
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai (right) and Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (far left) were asked to leave by a member of security as the meeting room is evacuated where the Federal Communications Commission was about to vote on net neutrality Thursday. (Associated Press)

FCC votes down Obama-era ‘net neutrality’ rules

Not even a bomb threat and impromptu evacuation could stop the Federal Communications Commission from voting Thursday to repeal net neutrality, setting up another legal battle between the Trump administration and Democratic attorneys general.

December 14, 2017