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New COVID cases fall for the third consecutive week, WHO says

By Associated Press

The number of new coronavirus cases around the world fell 21% in the last week, marking the third consecutive week COVID-19 cases have dropped.

Experts say Brazil’s deadly mudslides reflect poor planning in the face of climate change

By Diane Jeantet, Associated Press

Authorities have long blamed extreme rainfall as responsible for the many tragedies that have hit the region. But experts, former and current public servant disagree.

After fraught end to Olympic figure skating final, some call for raising age limit

By Dave Skretta, Associated Press

The quadruple jumps that sent Russian world champ Anna Shcherbakova to the gold medal and teammate Alexandra Trusova to the silver could be a thing of the past by the 2026 Games.

WATCH: President Biden announces $1 billion for Great Lakes restoration

By News Desk

The infusion from the bipartisan deal will enable agencies by 2030 to finish work on 22 sites designated a quarter-century ago as among the region's most degraded.

A new report predicts more frequent, destructive flooding. What drives sea level rise?

By Jianjun Yin, The Conversation

A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.

U.S. sea levels could rise more than a foot over the next 30 years

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

A federal report warns that America's coasts will be hit hard by ever faster sea level rise between now and the year 2050.

What the Sandy Hook settlement with a major gun manufacturer might mean for gun control

By John Yang, Ryan Connelly Holmes

The families of nine victims in the Sandy Hook School shooting agreed to settle with gun-maker Remington for $73 million. The company made the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle used to kill 20 first-graders and six teachers in 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut…

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Western states face a bleak future amid the worst drought in more than 1,000 years

The so-called megadrought that is afflicting the American West is the worst in 1,200 years, according to a study published this week. It has dried up water supplies, threatened ranchers and fueled wildfires. Park Williams, the lead author of the…

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How Galileo’s groundbreaking works got banned

By Dr. Howard Markel

Born on this day 458 years ago, Galileo refused to be silent about how the solar system worked.

West’s megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Monday's study says the megadrought is now the worst-case scenario officials and scientists worried about in the 1900s. The drought deepened so much in 2021 that it is 5 percent worse than the old record in the late 1500s.