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UK Naturalist Attenborough Warns Climate Change May Bring Social Unrest
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One Climate Crisis Disaster Happens Every Week, UN Warns
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Gun Rights Groups Sue California to Challenge Age Restrictions on Buying Firearms
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Spies Fear a Consulting Firm Helped Hobble US Intelligence
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Tech and the Financial Inclusion Balancing Act
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The Steady Erosion of Privacy at Home
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At Iowa’s Voter ID Law Trial, Lawyers Emphasize Unnecessary Hurdles and Election Integrity
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Mexico ‘Spied on Journalists, Lawyers, and Activists’
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The Greenland Ice Sheet Could Be Lost Without Emissions Cuts, New Study Says
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Today, You Should Ask the Parents of Your Kids’ Friends if They Have Guns at Home — Here’s How
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‘Zero Carbon’ Is All the Rage. But Will it Slow Climate Change?
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Facebook Unveils Cryptocurrency Despite Privacy Concerns
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Climate Action Could Prevent Hundreds of Heat-Related Deaths in These 15 US Cities
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