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Brad Raffensperger, GOP target of Trump ire in Georgia, warns of potential for more election violence – USA TODAY

Brad Raffensperger, GOP target of Trump ire in Georgia, warns of potential for more election violence  USA TODAY

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The Cow That Could Feed the Planet

The cows in Farmer John’s pasture lead an idyllic life. They roam through tree-shaded meadows, tearing up mouthfuls of clover while nursing their calves in tranquility. Tawny brown, compact and muscular, they are Limousins, a breed known for the quality

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Lessons for This Moment in Business From a Hit Broadway Show

Like so much of the world in the spring of 2020, The Lehman Trilogy shut down before it really even got started, after just four preview performances on Broadway. This past September, the play—about the roughly 160-year rise and fall

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Whatever Happened to Amazon’s Drone Delivery Service?

Amazon’s squadron of delivery drones was supposed to be in full flight by now. And the fall of 2021 would have been an opportune time to have little automated flying machines delivering packages to customers—what with all the trouble human

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Covid global death toll passes 5 million

Five million people have died worldwide from Covid-19 since the disease first emerged in China nearly two years ago, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP. Monday’s milestone, nearly four months after four million deaths were registered,

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Leaders representing more than 85% of world’s forests pledge to end deforestation by 2030

Campaigners say they need to see the detail — such promises have been made, and broken, before.

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More than 100 countries pledge to end deforestation at COP26

Britain hailed the commitment as the first big achievement of the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow. But campaigners say they need to see the detail — such promises have been made, and broken, before.

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More than 100 countries pledge to end deforestation at COP26

Britain hailed the commitment as the first big achievement of the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow. But campaigners say they need to see the detail — such promises have been made, and broken, before.

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Ambassador on how U.S. will respond to climate change differently following COP26

NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, about commitments to addressing climate change in light of the COP26 Conference.

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