By MELINA WALLING and JOSHUA A. BICKEL BELEM, Brazil (AP) — With a spotlight on the Brazilian Amazon, where agriculture drives a significant chunk of deforestation and planet-warming emissions, many of the activists, scientists and government leaders at United Nations … Continued
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Harms from climate change are the biggest threat to world peace, the president of the United Nations General Assembly says. “To those who are arguing that in these times we … Continued
Shalina Chatlani, Stateline.org The Trump administration has made deep cuts to the main federal agency focused on fighting opioid addiction, potentially jeopardizing the nation’s recent progress on reducing overdose deaths, some public health officials and providers say. Related Articles FDA’s … Continued
By JULIA FRANKEL, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister met with top security officials to discuss a rising tide of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, an Israeli official said Friday, as fresh allegations surfaced of Israeli … Continued
By Arthur Allen, KFF Health News While the FDA is streamlining regulation of copycat versions of the expensive drugs that millions take for arthritis, cancer, and other diseases, the U.S. patent office is making it harder for the cheaper medicines … Continued
We all know about points, rebounds, assists, etc. The counting stats get much of the glory in basketball. But how does your team perform when you’re on the floor? That’s what net rating measures — the points per 100 possessions … Continued