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A satellite has detected massive leaks of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, from natural gas plants and pipelines. Most of these releases are deliberate, resulting from sloppy pipeline repairs.

A German court sentenced a Syrian intelligence officer to life in prison, in a landmark war crimes trial.

After 19 children were killed at a Texas elementary, law enforcement officials have given little information. They're now using the "dead suspect loophole" to prevent the public release of records.

Black abortion rights leaders say reproductive justice and racial justice are inextricably connected.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Menaka Indrakumar, a reporter based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, about the mass protests that prompted the prime minister and president to agree to step down.

Board President Christina Martinez said Jaime Aquino fit the community’s request for a superintendent with classroom teaching experience who has similar life experience as many of the district’s students.

New Orleans residents who live along the 17th Street Canal say water was leaking from the canal and into their yards months before Hurricane Katrina. Investigators say a leak may have been an early warning sign that the soil beneath the levee was unstable and may help explain why it collapsed.

Many of China's rural poor see education as the only way to lift their families out of poverty. But village schools lack resources, and Beijing's plan to get rid of uncertified teachers would hurt them even more.

A year ago, the U.N. Security Council authorized targeted sanctions against Sudanese officials, and others responsible for atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region. But some U.N. diplomats accuse the U.S. of holding up talks on a list of people to be targeted by the sanctions.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling to end "race-based medicine," wherein doctors sometimes use race as a factor to determine what treatment patients receive.