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Porto Alegre, one of Brazil's most important commercial and industrial hubs, has declared itself in "financial calamity." Brazil is in the midst of its longest and deepest recession.

Amid Economic Crisis, Anxiety Grows In Struggling Southern Brazilian State

Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, is seeing strikes and protests amid rising crime and Brazil's worst recession. "We're asking God Almighty that this comes to an end," says a resident.

South Korea has the worst air pollution among the developed nations in the the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Armed With NASA Data, South Korea Confronts Its Choking Smog

The U.S. space agency and the South Korean government teamed up for the most ambitious study of Korean air quality to date and found the majority of the toxic air is homegrown, and not from neighbors.

Ten-year-old Matthew Husby gets some low-tech comfort from his father after surgery at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif.

Doctors Get Creative To Soothe Tech-Savvy Kids Before Surgery

Surgery can be emotionally and physically stressful for children. A California anesthesiologist has come up with a way to reduce anxiety that's safer, cheaper and much more entertaining.

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Your car could be vulnerable to hacking. But then, so is the stock market

Fiat Chrysler says it has a software remedy available to customers, after two hacking experts took remote control of a Jeep Cherokee using the…

Michigan courts to get $3 million for intense probation program

The Michigan Supreme Court has awarded more than $3 million in grants to circuit courts across the state.The money will help pay for the Swift and Sure…

According to Laura Reese, while Midtown Detroit is seeing some income growth, the rest of the city is only getting worse

Tale of two cities: Despite rebound, study says Detroit short 100,000 jobs

Over the past several years, the conventional wisdom has been that Detroit is recovering. Every new restaurant, boutique store, or retail chain setting up…

Don't diss the sauerkraut: It may be a hot dog staple, but it's more versatile than you think.

Freed From The Sidewalk Cart, This Sauerkraut Goes Global

Chef Edward Lee was introduced to sauerkraut by New York City's hot dog carts. But when he tried his mother-in-law's recipe, he knew it deserved a better pairing: five-spice-rubbed pork ribs.

Part of a map of the easternmost oil and natural gas liquid pipeline that shows areas of "coating delamination." The east line shows 11 such areas. The west line shows seven.

Enbridge document shows areas of Line 5 pipelines where protective coating could be missing

An Enbridge work plan document shows areas where a protective coating around its twin oil pipelines running through Lake Michigan might be…

Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest performs onstage at FYF Fest in July in Los Angeles.

Q-Tip Says His New Kennedy Center Role Helps 'Institutionalize Hip-Hop'

A Tribe Called Quest frontman is the first artistic director for hip-hop culture at the Kennedy Center. He discusses the cultural levity of his appointment and the current political climate.

The tarantula hawk is actually a large wasp. If you are ever stung by one, Schmidt says the best thing to do is to just lie down and scream: "The pain is so debilitating" and "screaming is satisfying," he advises.

Stung By 83 Different Insects, Biologist Rates His Pain On A Scale Of 1 To — OW!

Biologist Justin Schmidt has traveled all over the world looking for bugs ... and getting stung by them. He documents his travels/travails in his new book The Sting of the Wild.

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