Consider the dramatic geographical and potential climatic changes if the entire continent of South America suddenly vanished.

Thursday’s earthquake was recorded at 1:16 a.m. in the area near Elgin in Kershaw County, the South Carolina Emergency Management Division said. It happened about 1.5 miles below the surface of the ...

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On Major Economic Decisions, Trump Blinks, and Then Blinks Again President Trump has said his tariffs would force companies to build factories in the U.S. It’s far from clear that they will have ...