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China explosions: What we know about what happened in Tianjin

Workers cleaned a highway near the site of the explosions on Thursday afternoon Tianjin disaster Potent chemicals in Tianjin...
Justice Department Reveals News Media Subpoenas

The Justice Department authorized eight subpoenas last year to news organizations for information in criminal and civil investigati...
Arctic Sea Ice Collapse Threatens - Update 6

The image below shows Arctic sea ice extent, with the blue dot indicating that extent for August 22, 2015, was 5.382 million square kilomete...
Methane Monster II ~ Demise of the Arctic

Presentation by Jennifer Hynes on runaway feedbacks in the Arctic and the resulting threat of near-term human extinction. At youtube.com/wa...
Canada vs. USA video compares the two most recent political debates

Image: YouTube Screenshot Last Thursday, two important debates happen simultaneously — the Canadian National Leader’s Debate a...
Cnn News 11 : Voters say Clinton lied about emails, put US at risk

Voters think former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flat-out lied about not having classified information on her private email ser...
Confident Trump unloads on "stupid" GOP rivals in New Hampshire

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Hampton, New Hampshire August 14, 2015. REUTERS/BRIAN ...
Indonesian airliner with 54 aboard crashes into mountain

Indonesia's air transportation chief confirmed that the Trigana Air Service plane was found by villagers in the country's larges...
Ocean Heat Invades Arctic Ocean

[ click on image to enlarge ] NOAA analysis shows that, on land, it now is about 1°C (1.8°F) warmer than the 20th century average. July 201...
California Cops, Lawyer, Liquor Store Owners Arrested in Man's Death

Three current and former California Highway Patrol officers, a prominent criminal defense lawyer and five other people were arrested Friday...