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Major retailers in England issued 7.6 billion single-use plastic bags before a fee was instituted in 2015. In the most recent 12-month period, they cut that to 549 million.

New Defense Secretary Mark Esper will review the cloud computing contract, for which Amazon and Microsoft are finalists. President Trump has cited critics' accusations of favoritism toward Amazon.

In the last two years, at least five graduates have been approached by agents to gather intelligence on the program and to ascertain whether they have been co-opted by Chinese espionage efforts.

Some startups are making synthetic versions of animal proteins for use in foods from smoothies to baked goods. The goal: to reshape the food supply without the environmental footprint of livestock.

Saoirse Kennedy Hill died Thursday in Hyannis Port, after police received a call about an unresponsive person on the Kennedy compound, according to the Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office.

Pro-democracy demonstrators have continued to voice opposition to an extradition bill. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has suspended the legislation, but protesters have additional demands.

Officials named those killed in the attack on Sunday morning; their ages range from 22 to 57. Among them is the suspect's sister. It was the second major mass shooting in the U.S. in under 24 hours.

The band of Tuareg guitarists — who have faced down Islamic extremism at home in Mali — are receiving violent threats and racist responses to a scheduled concert in North Carolina in September.

In the wake of Napster's downfall, but before the iTunes Store began to legitimize digital music, Audiogalaxy emerged from the darkness to (illegally) fill the void.

The U.S. growth rate fell to 2.1% in the second quarter amid a slowdown in exports. The Trump administration has targeted a growth rate of 3% or above, citing the Republican tax cuts passed in 2017.