Hundreds of thousands turn out for marches, rallies and demonstrations from Canberra to Kabul and Cape Town to New York.
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Walmart will stop selling electronic cigarettes
More than 500 people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with vaping-related breathing illnesses.
Facebook says it has suspended ‘tens of thousands’ of apps
Cambridge Analytica used ill-gotten data from millions to try to influence U.S. elections.
‘Whitey’ Bulger’s family filing wrongful death claim
They say he was ‘deliberately placed in harm’s way’ when he was transferred to a West Virginia prison and placed in the general inmate population.
Germany’s Merkel coalition seals $60 billion deal to fight climate change
The landmark package sets a price on carbon-dioxide emissions for transport and provides incentives for cleaner technologies.
About 75 people gather at Area 51 gate in Nevada
The ‘Storm Area 51’ internet hoax draws 1,500 festivalgoers in Rachel and Hiko.
Alaska has nation’s most expensive wildfire this year
The Swan Lake Fire has been burning for months on the Kenai Peninsula and so far hast cost about $46 million to fight.
Hurricane Lorena nears Mexico’s Los Cabos resort area
The Category 1 storm is about about 35 miles away from the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.
Tropical Storm Imelda leaves 3 men dead in Texas
Jefferson County gets more than 40 inches of rain in just 72 hours.
Director of MIT’s Media Lab steps down over Epstein ties
Joi Ito also resigns from his position as a professor at the Cambridge school.