Trader Joe’s signed a Fair Food agreement with Coalition of Immokalee Workers that increased the price the company pays per pound of tomatoes.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu defended the Energy Department’s loan guarantee program, after a independent review outlined possible improvements to the program’s oversight. The White House is pointing out that the review showed the total program portfolio has less risk than previously thought.

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The new Maldives government faces an investigation by the Commonwealth of Nations, an organization of countries once under British rule. Former President Mohamed Nasheed says the new government forced him from office at gunpoint.

This round of La Niña, which has had a hand in the Northeast’s warm winter, should have run its course by May.

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England’s having the driest winter recorded, which means the possibility of a drought is looming.

Here is a newborn baby tapir: small, striped, and adorable.