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Environmentalists stage large protests in Glasgow, demanding more from COP26

Environmentalists are expected to stage large protests are expected in Glasgow, Scotland, today, demanding more action to combat climate change.

Scores of people reported dead in Sierra Leone after fuel tanker explosion

Scott Simon speaks to journalist Umaru Fofana about the deadly tanker explosion outside Freetown, Sierra Leone today.

In this photograph issued Saturday by Sierra Leone's National Disaster Management Agency, people gather around the charred oil tanker that exploded after being struck by a truck in the Wellington suburb of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Saturday.

An oil tanker truck explodes in Sierra Leone, killing at least 98 and injuring dozens

The explosion took place after a bus struck the tanker near the country's capital city. Dozens were injured after large crowds gathered to collect leaking fuel, officials and witnesses said.

Pro-Trump supporters breeched security and entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 as Congress debated the 2020 presidential election electoral vote certification. Even after the riot, election subversion is not an animating issue for most voters.

Democrats are worried about U.S. democracy. They've got limited tools to protect it

Democrats and some anti-Trump Republicans are panicked about the impact of the ex-president's election lies on American democracy. They see worst-case scenarios looming — but few, if any, solutions.

Solar farms surround trees at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. The city voted Wednesday night to decarbonize the city's buildings and install more energy efficient appliances and more solar panels. The city says the move will cut 40% of their carbon emissions.

To fight climate change, Ithaca votes to decarbonize its buildings by 2030

Decarbonizing involves installing things from solar panels to switching out gas stoves for electric stoves. The effort to decarbonize buildings will cut the city's carbon dioxide output by 40%.

8 people dead and several are injured at a music festival in Houston

Officials described a surge of the crowd at the Astroworld Festival Friday night while rapper Travis Scott was performing. An estimated 50,000 people were in attendance.

Mental health professionals picketing in front of the Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center on Dec. 16, 2019.

Thousands of Kaiser Permanente nurses and medical staff plan to strike

The work stoppage will affect 366 Kaiser Permanente facilities in Southern California.

Dwayne Johnson attends the world premiere of Netflix's <em>Red Notice</em> on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Johnson says his production company will no longer use real guns on set.

Dwayne Johnson vows to stop using real guns in film projects after 'Rust' tragedy

The actor said his production company decided to make the switch to rubber guns after the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the Rust movie set last month.

Smoke rises from a brick kiln on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, in 2015. India's pledge this week to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2070 factors into a new, more optimistic, analysis by the International Energy Agency on climate change goals.

Latest climate pledges could limit global temperature rise, a new report says

The rise in average global temperatures by the end of the century could be held to 1.8 degrees Celsius.

People gather in front of a mural of Ahmaud Arbery painted on the side of The Brunswick African American Cultural Center in Brunswick, Ga., on Thursday.

Prosecutor says the McMichaels chased Ahmaud Arbery for 5 minutes before killing him

The men chasing Ahmaud Arbery in their pickups got so close to him that his hand print was found on one of the trucks, along with fibers from his T-shirt, prosecutors told the jury.

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