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Emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Independence, Mo., in February. President Biden is announcing a new pledge for the U.S. to reduce carbon emissions under the Paris climate agreement.

Biden Makes New Pledge For U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A 50% Cut

The president opened a climate summit by announcing that the United States will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half, based on 2005 levels, by the end of the decade.

MyKayla Skinner, 24, will compete in place of Simone Biles, who elected not to compete in the vault and uneven bars finals this Sunday.

MyKayla Skinner Will Compete For Simone Biles In Women's Vault Finals

The 24-year-old was an alternate for the women's team at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Sunday will be her last chance to compete at the Olympic level before retiring from gymnastics.

JaShyah Moore, 14, of East Orange, N.J., was last seen on Oct. 14 at Poppies Deli. Authorities announced Thursday they have located her safe in New York City.

A missing N.J. teen is safely located in New York City after almost a month

Essex County, N.J., officials said that 14-year-old JaShyah Moore was spotted in Harlem and that it "appears she was a runaway." Prosecutors charged her mother with child endangerment.

A new bill aims to counter the growing economic threat of China

NPR's Asma Khalid speaks with Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana, about the America Competes Act of 2022, which the House introduced. He was a co-sponsor of the bi-partisan version in 2021.

Sha'Carri Richardson, shown here last month, was suspended earlier this year after testing positive for THC.

Anti-Doping Group Will Review Cannabis Ban After Sha'Carri Richardson's Suspension

The World Anti-Doping Agency said "a number of stakeholders" from international athletics asked it to review the ban. U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson was not able to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.

Pope Francis, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Portal Welby and Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew a meeting of prayer in the Basilica of St. Francis on September 20, 2016.

Pope Francis And Other Christian Leaders Are Calling For Bold Climate Action

The world's most prominent Christian leaders issued a rare joint statement calling for government climate action. What that will look like in the U.S. is unclear.

<em>Chasing History,</em> by Carl Bernstein

Legendary reporter Carl Bernstein revisits his early career in 'Chasing History'

It would have been easy for the famous journalist to fall into the nostalgia trap with his memoir, which chronicles his earliest years in the newspaper business. Happily, he doesn't.

A health worker in Mexico City prepares a Sputnik V dose during a mass vaccination effort against COVID-19. A new study in Mexico shows that non-mRNA vaccines like the Russian version can be as effective as mRNA vaccines like Pfizer if the patient has previously been infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Looks like non-mRNA vaccines can be as good as Pfizer and Moderna in certain scenarios

The consensus has been that Pfizer and Moderna are most protective. But a study looking at 5 vaccines — including Russia's Sputnik V and two Chinese types — offers an unexpected finding.

A San Diego Mesa College building is shown, May 16, 2018.

San Diego Community College program to waive thousands of students' debt

The San Diego Community College District is forgiving $3.9 million in student debt for thousands of students.

Though they're called "ice worms," the creatures Scott Hotaling (right) and his colleagues study on the glaciers of Mt. Rainier can't handle even the slightest bit of freezing. If temperatures dip even slightly below zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit), Hotaling says, the worms die.

It's Summer, And That Means The Mysterious Return Of Glacier Ice Worms

On mountaintop glaciers of Alaska, Washington and Oregon, billions of tiny black worms are tunneling upward to the barren, icy surface. What lures them, and how do they survive the frozen depths?

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