Police are investigating another rash of copper thefts in the metro. This case involving some 30 lights along Interstate 55.

President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to stop minting the penny, reviving the debate over the future of ...

Polluted storm-water is an issue for cities, and it's often the end point for valuable minerals like phosphates. A new sponge can recover those minerals, say scientists ...

The penny, whose face value is a modest 1 cent, cost about 3.7 cents to make last year. They aren’t the only expensive coin.

President Trump on Sunday announced that he asked the Treasury Department to stop producing pennies, calling the one cent coin wasteful. He said in a Truth Social post that he told Treasury ...

Charlotte-based Copper Builders hosted a public meeting inside the Aloft Hotel in downtown Wilmington, hoping to address ...

"Unearth" follows two pairs of siblings who set out to understand what the mine might do to their home. It will screen during ...

Scientists have developed an artificial leaf that uses sunlight to convert CO₂ into hydrocarbons, offering a sustainable ...

Phasing out the penny could result in needing to make more nickels, and the U.S. Treasury Department loses far more money on ...

President Trump claims he has instructed the U.S. Treasury Department to stop producing pennies, calling the 1-cent coin ...

In the fiscal year of 2023, the U.S. spent $179 million in tax dollars on the production of 4.5 billion pennies.

A developer and attorney behind the proposed 4,030-unit Hilton Bluffs residential complex faced pushback from hundreds of ...