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Sultan al-Jaber of the United Arab Emirates, right, celebrates the end of the COP28 climate meeting with United Nations Climate Chief Simon Stiell, left, and COP28 CEO Adnan Amin on Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai. The final deal included a modest reference to transitioning away from fossil fuels, which scientists say is crucial to avoid catastrophic warming.

Climate talks end on a first-ever call for the world to move away from fossil fuels

Leaders from nearly 200 countries agreed on the need to transition away from fossil fuels. But representatives of nations most vulnerable to climate impacts were not happy with the final deal.

Michigan AG promises "transparent" investigation of MSU's handling of Nassar affair

We should find out next week how Michigan’s attorney general plans to investigate Michigan State University’s handling of the Larry Nassar affair.The…

A satellite image from around daybreak Wednesday shows Hurricane Lee spinning over open water between Puerto Rico and Bermuda. The storm is expected to head increasingly to the north.

Hurricane watch issued for Maine coast as Lee churns northward in the Atlantic

The current forecast track shows Lee's center moving toward Maine's coastal border with Canada. But its effects could reach as far south as New York.

A little mouse sets sail on a big adventure in 'The Ship in the Window'

Author Travis Jonker and illustrator Matthew Cordell talk about the real model ship that inspired their picture book about a man, his son, a mouse, and the voyage that brings them together.

The enduring appeal of the 'Sex and the City' tutu

The white tulle skirt worn by Sarah Jessica Parker in the hit HBO TV series' opening credits has sold at auction for $52,000.

TWTS: There's a certain intensity to doing something intently

When people watch or study something intently, there certainly is an intensity to that. We wouldn't call these words interchangeable though.

satellite map of Michigan, the Great Lakes

Task Force asks Biden administration for $425 million for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

A bipartisan task force of Ohio and Michigan members of Congress has asked President Joe Biden to designate $425 million in his FY 2024 budget for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. That's a big jump from 2023.

This photo released March 10, 2023, by the Ohio governor's office, shows covered piles of soils contaminated with vinyl chloride after a February train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Shipments of the tainted soils and liquids to treatment and storage facilities in other states have drawn protests in communities receiving the waste, but federal officials say the facilities regularly take similar wastes from elsewhere. (State of Ohio via AP)

Ohio train derailment highlights waste disposal predicament

Officials in southeastern Michigan were angry when a landfill and deep-injection wells near Detroit received contaminated soils and liquids from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

On the Pacific nation of Vanuatu, rising sea levels are threatening coastal communities, a problem the country's leaders say is being caused by richer nations. They're seeking compensation for the damages.

Do wealthy countries owe poorer ones for climate change? One country wrote up a bill

At global climate negotiations, developing countries say they're being devastated by a problem they didn't cause. So they're looking for compensation for the losses and damage from climate change.

Sea lamprey crews check the concentration of lampricide chemicals in a Michigan watershed.

More fallout from Midland dam failures: blood-sucking parasites in rivers

The 2020 Midland dam failures have allowed parasitic sea lamprey to invade local rivers. Crews are dosing rivers with lamprey-killing chemicals.

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