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Open pit gold mines have spread across large areas of the Orinoco Mining Belt in recent years. Magda Gibelli / AFP via Getty Images

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Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil and critical minerals and illegal gold mining spreads

Staff Writer - March 6, 2026

The silhouettes of the container cranes in the Port of Balboa in Panama City on Feb. 24, 2026. Martin Bernetti/ AFP via Getty Images

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Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes

A banner reading, ‘Regrettably, Putin did not die today. We are waiting …’ hangs in the City Garden of Odesa, Ukraine, on April 1, 2023. Viacheslav Onyshchenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images News

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Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory

Javon Jackson, center, was able to register to vote following passage of a 2019 Nevada law that restored voting rights to formerly incarcerated individuals. AP Photo/John Locher

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The nation is missing millions of voters due to lack of rights for former felons

Anti-trans bills effectively restrict transgender people’s ability to participate fully in society. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

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Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences

President Gerald Ford announcing his decision to grant a pardon to former President Richard Nixon on Sept. 8, 1974. Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. United States would have given...

Staff Writer - September 12, 2024

Attendees dance as a band plays during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

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Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris shows how big a role...

Staff Writer - September 12, 2024

President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Republican lawmakers celebrate the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Trump’s tax cuts led to a $20B reduction in charitable giving...

Staff Writer - September 11, 2024

Sorority members listen as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris gives the keynote speech at the Zeta Phi Beta Grand Boulé in Indianapolis on July 24, 2024. Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

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Kamala Harris’ message to women on ‘freedom’ helps explain why Black...

Staff Writer - September 11, 2024

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will face off in their first presidential debate on Sept. 10, 2024. AP Photo

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Bobbleheads, Magic 8 Balls, chairs and other artifacts in the Smithsonian...

Staff Writer - September 9, 2024

If elected – and her father’s account of the family’s history is correct – Kamala Harris would become the 24th U.S. president of Irish heritage. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

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Kamala Harris’ purported Irish ancestry highlights complicated backstory of identity and enslavement

Staff Writer - September 7, 2024

This photo, taken with permission from cemetery officials, shows Donald Trump during his visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Aug. 26, 2024. Kevin Carter/Getty Images

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Trump campaign violated rules in Arlington National Cemetery visit, cemetery legal...

Staff Writer - September 6, 2024

A sign at a rally as the Board of State Canvassers voted on Nov. 23, 2020, to certify the 2020 election in Okemos, Mich. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images

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No, local election officials can’t block certification of results – there...

Staff Writer - September 4, 2024

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The National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, hosts a supercomputer that scientists rely on for weather and climate research. National Science Foundation

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Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate...

Staff Writer - February 25, 2026

Antonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in...

Backcountry skiing can be risky, particularly after heavy, wet snow. AscentXmedia/E+ via Getty Images

Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and...

February 19, 2026

Warmer winters in normally snowy places can interfere with the important activities of microbes in the soil. Seogi/500px via Getty Images

Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the...

February 17, 2026

Coffee farming is critical to the economies of several African countries. Wang Guansen/Xinhua via Getty Images

Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes –...

February 17, 2026

Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

February 12, 2026