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Where forest fires have caused an alarming increase in carbon emissions

When a tree burns, it releases carbon dioxide that can further trap heat on Earth. A new study…

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Researchers test device to generate electricity from orchard microbes

YAWATAHAMA, Ehime – Shikoku Electric Power Co. and researchers from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and…

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Navy finds wreckage of fighter jet that crashed during training in Washington state

The U.S. Navy located the wreckage Wednesday of a fighter jet that crashed in Washington state during a…

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The Sun has reached a maximum period of activity. Expect more aurora, NASA says.

The sun has put on quite the show for Earthlings over the past few years, and now scientists…

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Idaho will begin using deep veins as backup for lethal injection executions, officials say

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho will begin using central veins deep in the groin, neck, chest or arm for…

Homeless

He handed out socks on the streets. Then the idea took off.

The day Brad Montague learned a homeless shelter in west Tennessee had a desperate need for socks, he…

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North Carolina authorities arrest armed man after threats against FEMA workers

LAKE LURE, N.C. — Threats against federal emergency response personnel have hampered relief work in parts of western…

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Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86

Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the…

Health

Alzheimer’s patients and their families hear a new word: Progress

When Dennis Carr learned he had early Alzheimer’s disease, he immediately thought of his older brother who had…

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Washington state’s older forests capture carbon better than nearly any other

SEATTLE — They tower and drip, their curtains of moss damp in windblown fog: rainforests of the Pacific…

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