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Fashion designer Kate Spade’s death Tuesday has reminded Americans of the enormous toll of suicide, a growing problem that claims nearly 45,000 lives a year. Suicide rates in the U.S. have risen nearly 30 percent since 1999, according to a report released Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Suicides increased in both…

Outright bans on plastics have an overall negative effect on the environment, and recycling initiatives make for better solutions, according to an Independent Institute report. As climate change becomes a larger political issue, more consideration is being given to bans on plastic products. France became the first country in 2016 to ban plastic plates and cups. The…

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise is back on the baseball field nearly one year after he was tragically shot at a GOP congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia. Scalise’s colleague, Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, tweeted a photo Wednesday of Scalise throwing a baseball in a full uniform. The photo shows Scalise’s cane in the dirt,…

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson urged struggling communities to reject racial division and political manipulation, in favor of national unity, Thursday on “Fox & Friends.” Carson announced the opening of the first “EnVision Center” in Detroit to assist families in their fight to become self-sufficient and said the only way America can compete on…