(THE CONVERSATION) As the planet warms, it risks crossing catastrophic tipping points: thresholds where Earth systems, such as ice sheets and rain forests, change irreversibly over human lifetimes.

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Speaking with democracy activists recently from Hungary and Poland, former President Barack Obama warned about the “rising wave of authoritarianism sweeping the globe,” even in countries once believed ...

At least 19 people are unaccounted for following an explosion that was reported Friday morning at a manufacturing plant in Hickman County, officials said.

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The agency’s financial planners say the increase would help maintain construction timelines for the planned system extension.