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Megafires More Frequent Because Of Climate Change And Forest Management
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema is projected to win the Arizona Senate race, according to the Associated Press. Christian Petersen/Getty Images hide caption
Close Elections: Fla. Judge Calls Out Fraud 'Rhetoric'; Georgia Nears Deadline
Matthew Whitaker is pictured at an event in Washington in August. President Trump this month appointed Whitaker as acting attorney general. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor, publisher and former president of Marvel Comics, attends the Premiere of 'Doctor Strange' in 2016. Lee, passed away today at the age of 95. Frazer Harrison/NPR hide caption
A Marvel Of A Man: Stan Lee Dead At 95
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'The Cleaners' Looks At Who Cleans Up The Internet's Toxic Content
Investors are said to be worried about signs that the global economy may be slowing, even though the U.S. economy is faring well. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., at a Senate hearing in May. She is facing a runoff election on Nov. 27 and is facing sharp criticism after comments about a "public hanging" in a state with a dark history of lynchings. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Sade's "The Big Unknown" will appear on Widows — the movie and soundtrack come out Nov. 16. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
North Korean rockets, such as these shown drilling near Pyongyang on March 7, 2017, launch from mobile trucks. KCNA via Reuters hide caption
An annual report by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association notes that there are now nearly 56,000 bridges nationwide that are structurally deficient. Both Democrats and Republicans say they're willing to work together on a plan to rebuild the nation's roads, bridges, transit and water systems. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Bridging The Partisan Divide: Can Infrastructure Unite Democrats And Republicans?
Humans would do better to accept many of the life forms that share our space, than to scrub them all away, says ecologist Rob Dunn. Basic Books hide caption
Counting The Bugs And Bacteria, You're 'Never Home Alone' (And That's OK)
Getting physical activity every day can help maintain health throughout your life. Ronnie Kaufman/Larry Hirshowitz/Getty Images/Blend Images hide caption
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his intelligence services have reviewed an audio recording of the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. He also thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his "strength" in response to the case. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
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Rohingya Hindu refugees stand outside their makeshift shelters at the Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, in January. Bangladesh and Myanmar plan to begin the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled from violence in Myanmar. Manish Swarup/AP hide caption
An Israeli soldier stands near a burning bus that was hit by a mortar shell fired from Gaza on Monday. Tsafrir Abayov/AP hide caption
"I am sorry for the late notice, but in fact this was conveyed to me late yesterday afternoon," Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said Monday, postponing moves that had been touted as concrete steps in response to the clergy sexual abuse scandal. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters hide caption
Glory Edim, the founder of the Well-Read Black Girl book club and community, has edited a new collection of essays by black woman authors. Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Instagram hide caption
A strawberry is shown on a fork at a restaurant in Sydney in September. The tainting of supermarket strawberries with sewing needles prompted a scare across Australia; now, a farm supervisor is facing charges. Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
"Our data suggests that something about baking seems to be changing the hands of the people who do the baking," says ecologist Rob Dunn. Rick Gayle/Getty Images hide caption