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Allison Crimmins, who heads the National Climate Assessment, says the U.N.'s landmark report confirms the need for "significant, sustained action" to reduce emissions.

The practice of housing children who are in psychiatric crisis in local ERs — often for days, while they await appropriate in-patient treatment — has become even more prevalent during the pandemic.

A record number of women are becoming truck drivers, changing the face of an industry that has historically been dominated by men.

Government scientists warn climate change, on top of other pressures, could make such disappearances more common.

Gina McCarthy says the Biden administration is making major changes in the way it addresses climate change, but protesters say that is not enough.

Pandemic emergency aid gave an unlikely ratings boost to President Jair Bolsonaro, who has criticized welfare and protested virus prevention measures. Now he's weighing further social spending.

"The happiness of Eid is in not hugging each other and not shaking hands this time over," said a leading Indian imam. "Eid is related to life and happiness and we have to give the same."

Post was a longtime television regular who appeared in shows from "Cheers" to "Scrubs." But she was best known for her seven-season run as the public defender on NBC's "Night Court."

That's when a vaccine for plague was invented — and authorities began to consider requiring proof of vaccination before visiting pilgrimage sites in India. The debate has raged ever since.

James Spears filed his petition to terminate the conservatorship that has controlled his daughter's life and money for 13 years in Los Angeles Superior Court. A judge will need to approve the move.