A new study blames pollution of all types for 9 million deaths a year globally, with the death toll attributed to dirty air from cars, trucks and industry rising 55% since 2000.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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5/17/22
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Autism is among the most misunderstood of all the human conditions.
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By Albert Cajigas, Arizona’s Children Association
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5/17/22
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The 18-year-old gunman accused of a deadly racist rampage at a Buffalo supermarket seems to fit an all-too-familiar profile: an aggrieved white man steeped in hate-filled conspiracies online, and …
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By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and AMANDA SEITZ
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5/16/22
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MIAMI (AP) — One of the three people aboard a small plane died when it crashed onto a bridge near Miami this weekend, police said.
The aircraft lost power Saturday shortly after takeoff, coming …
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5/15/22
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It’s been more than 40 years since our mother made history.
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By Jay O’Connor and Scott O’Connor Guest columnists
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5/13/22
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A total lunar eclipse will grace the night skies this weekend, providing longer than usual thrills for stargazers across North and South America.
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By MARCIA DUNN
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5/13/22
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A young girl hugs a beloved scraggly gray stuffed cat at a reception center for the hundreds of civilians evacuated from a Mariupol steel works plant after weeks of bombardment by Russian forces. …
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5/13/22
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For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts.
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By MARCIA DUNN
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5/12/22
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An Al Jazeera correspondent who was shot dead on Wednesday during an Israeli raid in the West Bank was a highly respected journalist in the Middle East whose unflinching coverage was known to …
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By AYA BATRAWY
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5/12/22
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The frequency and duration of droughts will continue to increase due to human-caused climate change, with water scarcity already affecting billions of people across the world, the United Nations …
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By WANJOHI KABUKURU
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5/11/22
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Frank Wilczek, the Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author renowned for his boundary-pushing investigations into the fundamental laws of nature, was honored Wednesday with this year’s …
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO
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5/11/22
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A former Alabama jail official on the run with a murder suspect she was accused of helping escape shot and killed herself Monday as authorities caught up with the pair after more than a week of …
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By KIM CHANDLER and MIKE BALSAMO
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5/10/22
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Your classes are finished, your finals are done, and you finally have your diploma in hand — congratulations graduate! Now what?
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By Rachel Caballero, TruWest Credit Union
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5/10/22
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The world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with nearly a 50-50 chance that Earth will temporarily hit that temperature mark within the next …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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5/9/22
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Vladimir Putin had no victories in Ukraine to proclaim on Victory Day. Nor did his speech at the Red Square military parade offer any clear pictures of when a victory may come or how it would be …
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By DANICA KIRKA
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5/9/22
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TALLAHASSEE – Florida’s new covid positivity rate is on the rise, according to the Florida Department of Health (FDOH). However, according to health officials, the actual number of …
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By Katrina Elsken
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Shouts of “Hurrah!” echoed through Moscow's Red Square on Monday from thousands of troops and veterans as Russia celebrated Victory Day, marking the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany 77 years …
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By The Associated Press
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5/9/22
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America’s faithful are bracing — some with cautionary joy and others with looming dread — for the Supreme Court to potentially overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and end the …
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By DEEPA BHARATH and LUIS ANDRES HENAO
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5/8/22
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Red Soviet flags and orange-and-black striped military ribbons are on display in Russian cities and towns. Neighborhoods are staging holiday concerts. Flowers are being laid by veterans' groups at …
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By The Associated Press
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5/8/22
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Freedom of expression is the cornerstone of a healthy, functioning democracy.
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By Chris Walsh, Lindsay Lloyd and William McKenzie, George W. Bush Institute’s
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5/6/22
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