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UN's Guterres: We are 'digging our own graves' by using fossil fuels

By Associated Press

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the ceremonial opening of the two-week talks Monday that believing recent announcements by governments could turn the tide on climate change were “an illusion.”…

Judge hopes to seat Kyle Rittenhouse jury within a day

By Scott Bauer, Michael Tarm, Associated Press

Rittenhouse was 17 when he made the short trip north from his home in Illinois, just across the Wisconsin border, during protests that broke out in August 2020 after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake, a Black man.

WATCH LIVE: Biden speaks at COP26 climate summit

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden is expected to speak at the summit this morning. Before Biden left on his trip to Europe, Democrats in Washington announced that they are one step closer to agreement on a sweeping budget proposal that also…

'Defining moment' as COVID-19's global death toll hits 5 million

By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press

The United States, the European Union, Britain and Brazil account for one-eighth of the world’s population but nearly half of all reported deaths.

Here's how global climate negotiations work, and what to expect from COP26

By Shelley Inglis, The Conversation

If countries can cut global emissions to “net zero” by 2050, that could bring warming back to under 1.5 C in the second half of the 21st century.

LISTEN: Supreme Court takes up Texas law banning most abortions

By Mark Sherman, Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

A majority of the Supreme Court have signaled they would allow abortion providers to pursue a court challenge to a Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation’s second-largest state after six weeks of pregnancy.