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WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, a champion of environmental protections and progressive ideals who took on principled but often futile causes during a two-decade career in Congress, died Thursday. Grijalva, who was 77, had risen to chair the…
NEW YORK — Columbia University has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring and temporarily revoked the diplomas of others who have since graduated, officials said Thursday. The university said in…
DENVER — Twelve people were taken to hospitals after an American Airlines plane landed at Denver International Airport on Thursday and caught fire, prompting slides to be deployed so passengers could evacuate quickly. All of the people transported to hospitals…
Those in the plant-based pet food space must ensure that their formulations are nutritionally complete for pets and appealing to pet owners. Dariia Chernenko | iStock.com Sustainability has become a big priority for pet owners, and it’s not just about…
Esme Stallard Climate and Science Reporter BBC Donald Trump’s arrival to the White House is a “a major blow to global climate action”. So said Christiana Figueres, the former UN climate chief, after he was elected for a second term…
Caroline Hawley BBC diplomatic correspondent Reuters Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has rejected the idea of negotiations with the US over its nuclear programme Almost a decade since world powers sealed a historic deal to limit the Iranian nuclear…
Sam Jones, an American influencer who briefly snatched a baby wombat from its distressed mother and uploaded the footage to social media has left Australia. Australia’s Home Affairs minister Tony Burke had earlier said his department was reviewing if it…
Passengers on an American Airlines flight were evacuated onto the tarmac of a Colorado airport as a fire broke out on the plane, sending smoke billowing into the air. Footage of the evacuation showed passengers huddled on the wing of…
The many hardworking civil servants who’ve lost their livelihoods to politics do apolitical things like clean bathrooms and maintain facilities in campgrounds, enforce regulations, fight fires, clear trails, issue grazing permits and timber leases, conduct ecological research, remove litter and…
President Donald Trump nominated Dr. Marty Makary to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the federal agency tasked with ensuring the safety and efficacy of drugs, medical devices, food, and cosmetics. Makary, a surgical oncologist at Johns Hopkins…
