The dramatic wastewater spill in the Animas River is past its critical phase, but given the long history of untreated mine waste, there will surely be more like it.
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter with Fidel Castro in 2011. Picture taken March 30 2011.
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John Kerry will raise the flag over the American Embassy in Cuba on Friday. That moment is possible thanks to work Jimmy Carter began four decades ago.
Videos showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing fetal tissue research brought out protesters in California.
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Hillary Clinton recently announced a US$350 billion plan to make college free. But what students need for now is information that can help them make sound decisions about their college investment.
A drummer performs at the Beijing International Jazz Festival.
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Donald Trump got menstruation onto the front page of the New York Times. With the taboo broken, it’s a good time to talk about how all girls everywhere can manage their periods safely and privately.
Look to the Pacific for reasons behind the hiatus.
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China’s interventions to cheapen its currency relative to others will hurt US imports in the short term, but the country’s surging “mainstream” will easily offset the impact.
It’s all just data – how can it be prejudiced?
Trey Guinn
Math isn’t prejudiced, goes the argument. But these arithmetic programs can learn bias from the data fed into them by human beings, leading to unfair treatment and discrimination.
The biopic Straight Outta Compton tells the story of rise and fall of Los Angeles rap group NWA.
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Governments in West Africa and international aid agencies should help facilitate adoptions locally and provide better health care and education to support entire communities.
And what are universities doing about it?
Wolfram Burner
Do university and college websites give students enough information about how to prevent and respond to sexual assaults on campus? Here’s a reality check.
Bonn in June: just a few steps away from the big show in Paris later this year.
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It’s pledge season: countries are beginning to submit carbon reduction commitments for the Paris climate talks later this year. What’s the US doing and can it meet its targets?
Amarion Allen, 11, stands in front of police in Ferguson, Missouri on Aug. 9, 2015.
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A melting Arctic means new areas will be open to commercial fishing but scientists – and bordering countries – say they need time to study the ecological and economic risks.
Storm clouds are gathering in the Pacific.
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Disputes over intellectual property and car parts are emerging as last-minute hurdles as negotiators race to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership ahead of elections.
Kent Brantly at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, August 21 2014.
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A year ago, Dr Kent Brantly became the first person treated for Ebola in the US. The director of Emory University’s Serious Communicable Disease Unit looks back at we have – and haven’t – learned.
According to some surveys, more than 90% of owners view their pets as members of the family.
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Historically black colleges account for only 3% of all colleges and universities. But, even today, 20% of black Americans earn their degrees at these schools.
Violence erupts again in Ferguson, Missouri.
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Two criminologists long associated with the University of Missouri – St Louis dispel myths about Ferguson, a community that borders the campus, and explain what’s behind the violent protests there.
Not all of Iran’s frozen foreign assets are likely to thaw anytime soon.
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Estimates of how much of Iran’s frozen assets it will get once sanctions are lifted vary widely, but the sum is most likely just a fraction of the total.
A health worker injects a woman with an Ebola vaccine during a trial in Monrovia, February 2 2015.
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Critics of the nuclear deal with Iran have good reasons to be skeptical, but blocking the deal would make the United States and its allies less secure.
One more California wildfire from last year: getting more dangerous and more expensive.
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The US West – suffering one of the most damaging wildfire seasons this decade – needs to break with current practices to avert more costly and dangerous wildfires in the future.