In the years immediately following the Civil War, America appeared to possess the will and the means to end racial segregation and give the same rights enjoyed by whites to its 4 million recently ...

Inherently safer industrial technologies for the production, transport, and use of industrial and agricultural chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and both commodity and advanced materials is a vital concept ...

Long-anticipated final guidance on "inherently governmental functions" is set for publication on Monday and should clarify confusion over blurred lines in agencies' understanding of which types of ...

In the early hours of April 2, 2010, a deadly fire and explosion ripped through the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes, Wash., which is 70 miles north of Seattle. Seven workers died when a pipe ruptured ...