River fencing installed by a hydroelectric plant has turned the city into an unwilling regional waste site, activists complain.
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Brazil’s army chief fired in aftermath of capital uprising
President Lula da Silva said several times in public that some military members allowed the Jan. 8 uprising in the capital by far-right protesters.
Girl asks police to test cookie for DNA proof of Santa
A young Rhode Island girl has finally figured out how to determine if Saint Nick is real.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says debt standoff risks ‘calamity’
The Biden administration and Republican lawmakers have been at loggerheads over how to increase the government’s legal borrowing capacity.
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin marries longtime love on 93rd birthday
Aldrin made history along with Neil Armstrong as the first humans to set foot on the surface of the moon.
Heroic actions kept Walmart shooter from doing more harm, police say
After shooting a woman in the face, a gunman is killed by officers.
Officer who punched Black woman at McDonald’s put on leave
The incident stems from the lack of extra cheese on a Big Mac.
Takeaways from glitzy Davos event: Ukraine, climate, economy
The 53rd edition of the weeklong gathering in the Alps draws notables who hash out deals and voice demands.
In soaked California, few homeowners have flood insurance
Only about 2% of properties in the state are covered, with drought dulling people’s sense of the risk.
Supreme Court justices interviewed as part of leak probe
The head of the investigation says nothing implicated the nine.