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Photo: NASA Image 1of/28 Caption Close Image 1 of 28 Aerial photos show smoke from the Wine Country fires billowing into the Pacific Ocean and traveling as...

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Trump lies as global warming’s victims die.

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Hurricane Ophelia is on course to strike Ireland and the UK early next week.

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Members of Congress want a federal audit of the official Puerto Rico death toll.

Two Democratic members of Congress on Thursday requested an audit of the death toll in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria, amid concerns that the...

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