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Today, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced police department reforms in the aftermath of the deaths of two people shot by police just a few hours after Christmas.

That snowfall could offer some reprieve to farmers and ranchers who have been struggling through a punishing drought. Many of them have been teetering on bankruptcy.

The world's tropical rainforests are still getting hit hard by deforestation. Now, scientists are finding that's having an expected impact: causing droughts.

a baby girl, born at sea on an overcrowded rubber dinghy, has been rescued with her mother.

A new measure being debated in Ghana that targets LGBTQ+ people is receiving surprising pushback from the country's top Catholic cardinal.

Six people are known to be missing, including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter, and Morgan Stanley International Chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife.

NPR's Scott Simon has an idea for newspapers experimenting with AI: hire high school journalists to cover high school games rather than settle for substandard reporting.

The U.S. faces a dangerous combination of aging utility infrastructure and rising wildfire risk because of global warming. Experts say many utilities aren't employing solutions to reduce the threat.

Argentina's battered peso took a dive after an outsider far-right candidate won the most votes in Sunday's presidential primary election.

The Vatican has released a new liturgy for the Mass reflecting concern for the environment, offering prayers, readings and hymns that highlight the church's responsibility to protect the Earth.