Dutch court agrees to hear Greenpeace lawsuit against US energy company
Judges in Amsterdam have given Greenpeace a preliminary win in an anti-intimidation court case. A court on Wednesday rejected a request from fossil fuel pipeline company Energy Transfer to toss…
NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence
Maven was launched in 2013 to study the red planet's atmosphere.
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Rare albino buffalo named after Donald Trump for its golden locks draws crowds at Bangladesh zoo
A rare albino buffalo named after Donald Trump for its distinctive blond tuft is drawing a huge crowd at the national zoo in Bangladesh.
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Trump’s Education Department is backing away from addressing civil rights for Black students
Under the Trump administration, efforts to address deep-rooted inequities for students of color are being cast as discriminatory against white students. Civil rights attorneys describe the administration’s actions as a…
‘We’re still behind’ in Congo’s Ebola outbreak even as testing improves, WHO says
The World Health Organization says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start, but testing is improving. Since mid-May, 344 cases and 60 deaths have been confirmed in three eastern provinces.
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Jill Biden says she’s sorry she didn’t talk more about son Hunter’s drug addiction
Jill Biden says she's sorry she didn't talk more about son Hunter's drug addiction during her time as first lady in the White House.
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A wall of nametags at a South Korean park testifies to adoptees’ longing for their birth mothers
Dozens of people adopted abroad leave nametags on a cobblestone wall at Omma Poom Park on a former U.S. military base in South Korea.
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Woman arrested in Tassajara Zen Mountain Center fire case
The fire destroyed the zendo meditation building at what is the oldest Japanese Buddhist Soto Zen monastery in the United States.
FBI fatally shoots a man holding hostages in a California office building, police say
A man holding hostages inside a building in California that houses a bank and a school district office has been shot and killed by the FBI.
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States that cover healthcare for immigrants scale back
More states may have to pull back as budget pressures continue.