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More than a million species are at risk of extinction in the coming decades because of human actions. This week, world leaders are meeting in Colombia to discuss how to preserve biodiversity and prevent habitat loss.

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  • Science

To save nature, world leaders aim to turn words into action at biodiversity summit

The United Nations effort to achieve “harmony” with the natural world kicks off in Colombia this week. Recent reports show there's a lot of work to do to achieve that goal.

October 23, 2024
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  • Nathan Rott
LeBron James, left, and Bronny James of the Lakers play during the second quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

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  • Sports

Teammates LeBron and Bronny James make history as the NBA's first father-son duo

The Jameses, who both play for the L.A. Lakers, shared the court for several minutes on the NBA's opening night. They join a very small club of father-son teammates in American professional sports.

October 23, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
A Denny's restaurant is shown Sept. 14, 2017, in Cranberry, Pa. Officials at the restaurant chain said about half of the 150 restaurant closures will happen this year and the rest in 2025,

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  • Business

Denny's says it expects to close 150 locations by the end of 2025

Denny’s says it’s closing 150 of its lowest-performing restaurants in an effort to turn around the brand’s flagging sales. About half of the closures will happen this year and the rest in 2025.

October 23, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
American Airlines has agreed to pay a $50 million fine from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The DOT says the penalty is because of "numerous serious violations of the laws protecting airline passengers with disabilities" over a four-year period between 2019 and 2023.

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  • National

American Airlines fined $50 million for its treatment of passengers with disabilities

The U.S. Department of Transportation penalty against American Airlines comes after "numerous serious violations of the laws protecting airline passengers with disabilities" over a four-year period.

October 23, 2024
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  • Russell Lewis
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  • Elections

These are the 2 paths either Trump or Harris has to follow to become president

With seven states up for grabs, here are the likely scenarios that would put either candidate in the White House.

October 23, 2024
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Garment workers in Bangladesh protest for better working conditions.

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  • Global Health

Why the garment workers of Bangladesh are feeling poorer than ever

Their wages have always been low. With rising inflation and falling prices paid by Western companies for clothing, they're protesting for better pay — and hoping the new government will spur change.

October 23, 2024
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  • Shamim Chowdhury
Terry Muriekes, a tool-storage worker at Boeing's factory in Everett, Wash. for 38 years, holds a sign during a strike rally last week.

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  • Business

Boeing workers vote on a new contract, but the company’s problems are far from over

Striking machinists at Boeing vote Wednesday on a new contract offer. Even before the strike, the company was grappling with production and quality control problems that led to billions in losses.

October 23, 2024
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  • Joel Rose
Julie Beck earns roughly $20 an hour teaching in Head Start classrooms 10 months a year. “I'm paycheck to paycheck,” she says.

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  • Education

These teachers often live in poverty. A pay raise could help — but there’s a cost

A new Biden administration effort to raise Head Start teacher wages could force the federally funded preschool program to serve fewer children.

October 23, 2024
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  • Cory Turner
Malcolm Campbell (left) and Don Lawson from their yearbooks in the 1980s.

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  • National

'A light went off in my head': A professor honors his high school civics teacher

Malcolm Campbell remembers Don Lawson, the high school civics teacher who helped him understand the true value of education.

October 23, 2024
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  • Laura Kwerel
This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito.

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  • Global Health

Egypt has been declared malaria-free by the World Health Organization

Egypt has been fighting malaria for nearly 100 years. WHO declares a country malaria-free when the disease has not been present for at least three consecutive years before the designation.

October 23, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
This combination of file photos shows former President Donald Trump, left, speaking at a campaign rally, Oct. 18, in Detroit, and Vice President Harris, speaking at a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Oct. 17.

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  • Politics

Latino voters in focus as Trump and Harris sketch out the campaign's final 2 weeks

As the campaign entered its final two weeks, former President Trump held a roundtable with Latino men in Florida, Vice President Harris sat for two interviews and early voting kicked off in Wisconsin.

October 23, 2024
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  • Stephen Fowler
An aerial photograph from 2023 of the Rusayo camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Goma in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds of thousands of Congolese have found refuge around Goma after fleeing fighting further north. Two new reports document a 'staggering' increase in rapes over the past year.

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  • Global Health

Why this country is seeing a 'staggering' increase in the number of rapes

New reports from Physicians for Human Rights and Doctors Without Borders document a "massive influx" of sexual violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. What can be done to stop it?

October 22, 2024
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  • Gabrielle Emanuel
Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference outside federal court in Washington, Dec. 15, 2023.

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  • Law

Rudy Giuliani ordered to turn over NYC apartment, 26 watches to Georgia election workers

A federal judge has ordered Rudy Giuliani to turn over his New York City apartment and various other assets to two Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him.

October 22, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Workers at the Wake County Board of Elections prepare to mail absentee ballots in September in Raleigh, N.C.

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  • Elections

Republican lawsuits over overseas and military voting hit setbacks in 2 swing states

In Michigan and North Carolina, two Republican legal challenges to the legitimacy of ballots cast by U.S. citizens living abroad, including U.S. military members, hit setbacks Monday.

October 22, 2024
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
Five people are dead and a 15-year-old male is in custody after a shooting at a house in Fall City, Wash., Monday morning.

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  • National

5 people are dead and a teenager is in custody after a shooting in Washington state

Two adults and three teenagers are dead after a Monday morning shooting in a home in Fall City, Wash. A 15-year-old male was taken into custody.

October 22, 2024
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