Clorox raised its annual profit forecast for the second time on Monday, bolstered by cost-savings measures, while it bets on innovation to help revive demand for its household cleaning products.

Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.” ...

Roadside piles of flood debris still litter Haywood County five months after the flood. Why is it lingering, why do new piles keep showing up, why do some seem to get skipped, and when will it finally ...