33 h. ago Oklahoma foster parents' appalling act of cruelty against little girl during record

A barefoot young girl wearing only pajamas was captured begging to be let back inside her Oklahoma foster home as she stood outdoors in the snow during record-breaking freezing temperatures.

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56 h. ago Once off the table, bills to charge women who get abortions with murder get votes before failing

Abortion rights groups fear punishment for women who have abortions and governments tracking pregnancies

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62 h. ago Snowy roads lead to hundreds of Virginia and North Carolina crashes as Arctic air brings record cold

Snowy roads led to hundreds of crashes throughout Virginia and North Carolina, including a series of crashes on an interstate highway involving more than 50 vehicles

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65 h. ago Fossil fuel firm’s $300m trial against Greenpeace to begin: ‘Weaponizing the judicial system’

Experts warn victory for Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a Trump donor, could have a ‘chilling’ effect on free speechA fossil fuel company’s $300m lawsuit against Greenpeace opens in rural North Dakota on Monday, in a case that has been widely condemned by constitutional rights experts as baseless, bad faith litigation that threatens free speech.Energy Transfer Partners, a Dallas-based oil and gas company worth almost $70bn, accuses Greenpeace of defamation and orchestrating criminal behavior by protesters at the Dakota Access pipeline (Dapl). Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Native American activist released from prison will be welcomed to North Dakota home

Supporters plan to welcome Native American activist Leonard Peltier back to his North Dakota community after his release from a Florida prison where he had been serving a life sentence in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents

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4 d. ago Arctic air sweeping south over Plains shatters record temperatures in North Dakota

Arctic air gripping the Plains has broken cold-weather records in North Dakota

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4 d. ago At least 16 dead in Kentucky and other states after severe flooding sweeps the South

Parts of Kentucky and Tennessee received up to 7 inches of rain during the weekend storms, and at least 16 people have died in the Southeast

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4 d. ago At least 14 dead in Kentucky after severe flooding sweeps the South

Parts of Kentucky and Tennessee received up to 7 inches of rain during the weekend storms, and at least 14 people have died in the Southeast

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5 d. ago What is a polar vortex? US gets a taste of the Arctic this week

he term “polar vortex” usually refers to the gigantic circular upper air weather pattern in the Arctic region, enveloping the North Pole

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5 d. ago At least 11 dead in Kentucky after severe flooding sweeps the South

Parts of Kentucky and Tennessee received up to 7 inches of rain during the weekend storms, and at least 11 people have died in the Southeast

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5 d. ago Adult stars fume as racy content to be labelled a 'public health hazard'

Adult performers in North Dakota are set to have their erotic content branded 'a public health hazard' as Republicans in the state look to outlaw lewd materials

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5 d. ago At least 10 dead in Kentucky after severe flooding sweeps the South

Parts of Kentucky and Tennessee received up to 7 inches of rain during the weekend storms, and at least 10 people have died in the Southeast

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7 d. ago Extreme weather is our new reality. We must accept it and begin planning | Gaia Vince

As wildfires, floods, droughts and record-breaking temperatures have shown, the post-climate change era has arrived. Now we need honesty and action from our leadersNot yet a quarter of the way into this century and global average temperatures are already 1.75C above the preindustrial average. January 2025 was the hottest on record and has also set a record for the highest yearly minimum global surface temperature, and likely the highest minimum in the past 120,000 years. It is part of a clear pattern. Last year’s global average was 1.6C above the preindustrial – a sobering reality check, given that, only three months ago at the UN Cop29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, leaders were still declaring that limiting global temperature rises to 1.5C was within reach.We are firmly in the post-climate change world now, and the serious implications of this demand honest acknowledgment. The reality is that we are living now in a time of continual disasters that are unfolding alongside our slower, ...

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