For more than a century, Americans have adjusted their clocks twice each year—"springing forward" in March and "falling back" in... The next Martin Luther King Jr. Day lands on Monday, January 18, ...

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The New Moon arrives Saturday, October 10, giving stargazers darker nights through the weekend. There’s also a chance of elevated aurora activity late ...

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