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The water crisis is spreading silently around the world
Smoke on the water
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5 myths about the Geneva Conventions as they turn 70
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Ten years on, crisis in Nigeria ‘far from over’
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New York signs historic law to slash climate pollution
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo today signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), a law codifying some of the strongest climate pollution reduction requirements in the country.
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Ohioans have lost more than 1 million years of life due to drug overdose...
The drug addiction epidemic continues to plague the country, and thousands of lives are cut short each year due to overdose. Tragically, when a person's life ends prematurely, much...
At least 24 killed in an arson attack at an animation studio in Japan
A person threw a gasoline-like liquid at Kyoto Animation's building
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Ebola is actually a public health emergency in Congo
The second worst Ebola outbreak of all time, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was officially declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on Wednesday, with...
Joshua trees facing extinction
They outlived mammoths and saber-toothed tigers. But without dramatic action to reduce climate change, new research shows Joshua trees won't survive much past this century.
UC Riverside scientists wanted to...
Trump criticizes several U.S. democratic Congresswomen: “Back to your country.”
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, attacked several Democratic legislators on Sunday, urging them to return to their countries of origin, which he described as "places infested...
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