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We know that climate change will make water scarcer. But it could also have big economic impacts, Richard Damania of the World Bank says.

The U.N. has identified Kabwe, a city of almost 300,000 people in Zambia, as one of the most polluted places on the planet. Who is to blame? And can justice be done?

Since three months have passed without a winner, the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $977 million. The jackpot ranks as the 10th largest in U.S. lottery history

Not all libraries track checkouts, and there isn't one definitive national list. But this year lots of people checked out Lessons in Chemistry, Prince Harry's memoir Spare, and Colleen Hoover's books.

Here in New England, the split-top hot dog bun reigns supreme. You might recognize it as the iconic breading used for lobster rolls. Almost everywhere else in the U.S., people pair hot dogs with side-sliced buns.

Denmark's military says its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for urgent medical treatment.

Attorneys for Jason J. Eaton and the Chittenden County state’s attorney reached an agreement this week to hold Eaton in prison pending trial. Eaton was charged with three counts of attempted murder after he allegedly shot two Palestinian Americans and a Palestinian in Burlington last month.

The Biden administration said it has approved the emergency sale of nearly 14,000 rounds of ammunition worth more than $106 million as Israel intensifies its military operations in southern Gaza.

Russia's Vladimir Putin says he endorses Vice President Harris, with a wink and a nod. “Russia likes that Donald Trump says he wants to improve relations between America and Russia,” one expert says.

A judge ordered the naming rights of the extremist group the Proud Boys be given to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.