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The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021, while the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions last year jumped 6% because of surges in coal and long-haul trucking, putting America further behind its 2030 climate change cutting goal.

Marshall fire cited on NOAA’s list of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2021

By Seth Borenstein

January 10, 2022 at 11:52 a.m.

Alec Baldwin told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in an interview airing Thursday that he did not pull the trigger on a prop gun he was holding on a New Mexico film set when it went off, killing a cinematographer.

Alec Baldwin to ABC about shooting: “I didn’t pull the trigger”

By Associated Press

December 1, 2021 at 2:35 p.m.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Friday that the agency is establishing a task force to identify and remove derogatory terms used in the names of public land features such as valleys and lakes, beginning with the word “squaw.”

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland orders removal of derogatory terms from public land names

November 23, 2021 at 9:06 a.m.

The class of U.S. Rhodes scholars for 2022 includes the largest number of women ever selected for the scholarship in one year, the Rhodes Trust announced Sunday.

U.S. Rhodes scholars for 2022 include record number of women

By Michelle Liu

November 23, 2021 at 7:04 a.m.

Santa is back this year, but he pleads caution as he continues to tiptoe through the pandemic.

The Santa experience this year is a mix of laps, social distancing

By Leanne Italie

November 23, 2021 at 6:57 a.m.

As Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted in two killings that he said were self-defense, armed civilians patrolled the streets near the Wisconsin courthouse with guns in plain view.

In Kenosha and beyond, guns become more common on U.S. streets

November 21, 2021 at 3:57 p.m.

The former Oklahoma zookeeper known as “Tiger King” Joe Exotic, a prominent figure in a Netflix documentary series, has been transferred to a medical facility in North Carolina for federal inmates after a cancer diagnosis, according to his attorney.

‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic moved to medical center following cancer diagnosis

By Associated Press

November 21, 2021 at 1:32 p.m.

Add Christmas trees to the list of items facing shortages and higher prices this year.

Expect to pay more for Christmas trees, experts say

By Associated Press

November 21, 2021 at 12:49 p.m.

Disney and Marvel’s “Eternals” took a steep drop in its second weekend in theaters, but it’s still hanging on to first place ahead of newcomers like “Clifford the Big Red Dog.”

Disney’s “Eternals” tops domestic box office for 2nd weekend

By Lindsey Bahr

November 14, 2021 at 10:25 a.m.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection this week issued a subpoena to John Eastman, a former visiting scholar at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas former CU visiting scholar John Eastman

By Colorado Newsline

November 11, 2021 at 11:03 a.m.

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