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After years of concern over so-called “fluoro” waxes, the Milan Cortina Games will be the first Olympics without them.
Under pressure to step up global climate aid, the world’s richest countries secured nothing less than a diplomatic coup in Baku.
That's at least 10 times what's currently available.
Young people traumatized by Hurricane Maria were more likely to report substance use.
Yet governments are still pouring $7 trillion into subsidies for fossil fuels.
Less parking could pave the way for denser housing and more accessible public transportation.
The past 10 years revealed how government failures at every level could effectively kill a city, turning it into a "ghost town."
The unseasonal heat in Brazil is bad news for the world's supply of coffee and soybeans.
The presidential campaign bad-mouthed FEMA while using crowdfunding to donate to evangelical nonprofits.