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Researchers warn that an area of Brazilian Amazon rainforest bigger than Ireland is at risk of losing its legal protection.

• By Morgan Erickson-Davis

A real estate broker's maps recall the days when certain neighborhoods in the city were denied access to loans based on the demographics of the population.

• By Brentin Mock

Media outlets have been quick to attribute women's electoral achievements to Democrats but the reality is more complicated than that narrative suggests.

• By Deana Rohlinger

In one instance, the New York City Council proposed a bill that would codify robust cable privacy rules governing all cable providers in the city.

• By Eric Null

Before leaving office, Sessions signed an order to ensure that the Department of Justice disengaged from its role in investigating and reforming police departments that repeatedly violate citizens' civil rights.

• By Ian MacDougall

Haiti's deforestation is largely driven by small-scale farming and charcoal production, which involves harvesting wood and heating it to remove water and volatile compounds.

• By Carinya Sharples & Morgan Erickson-Davis

Both governments and people tend to adopt only short-term responses to wildfire dangers that don't necessarily reduce risk effectively—it's time for that to change.

• By Max Mortiz, Naomi Tague & Sarah Anderson

The small city set a new national precedent in the fight against chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, which caused major danger to the atmosphere.

• By Linda Poon

The five boroughs saw unusually high precipitation on Tuesday, with nearly 100 percent humidity, as New Yorkers trudged through the rain to cast their ballots.

• By Ian MacDougall

A number of ballot initiatives dealing with environmental issues were rejected by voters across the country, but governors and representatives with conservation bonafides can still pick up the slack.

• By Garth Heutel

New research finds that people from communities that weren't close to a road were more skeptical about the prospect of a new one.

• By John C. Cannon

Hurricane Katrina forced policymakers in the city and state to fix not only some of the worst circumstances of incarceration, but also to prevent people from being held in dangerous conditions altogether.

• By Emma Coleman

Across the country, Americans had their enthusiasm to vote tested by problems at polling places including long lines and a shortage of ballots.

• By Isaac Arnsdorf

Voters in three of four states with marijuana ballot proposals passed initiatives that loosen restrictions on the substance, but that won't necessarily result in nation-wide expansion of this policy.

• By Daniel J. Mallinson & Lee Hannah

Some real estate speculators are already putting bets on the fact that housing prices in the winning city will inflate fast.

• By Sarah Holder

As the caravan of migrants heads north, one case demonstrates how difficult attaining asylum can be for people who face violence and even certain death if they return home.

• By Maya Srikrishnan

It will help scientists more accurately measure the presence of vocal species like bats, birds, bees, and tigers.

• By Sue Palminteri

Many states require election officials to compare a voter's signature with existing records before issuing and counting absentee ballots, but advocates are filing lawsuits to end the practice.

• By Susie Armitage

Just before the vote, a video with homophobic overtones appeared across multiple social media networks and may have helped steer the election toward far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro.

• By Ciara Long

Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. Postal Service will deliver your ballot even if there's no postage on the envelope.

• By Susie Armitage

The storm-resilient design of Hunters Point South Park in Long Island City, Queens, is built to withstand floods and storm surges.

• By Karim Doumar

The Kepler telescope has run out of fuel and officially entered retirement. Luckily, there is a replacement on the way to continue our observation of the stars.

• By Jason Steffen

The Our Ocean Conference generated 287 pledges in bilateral and multilateral agreements between governments, the private sector, civil society organizations, and philanthropic foundations that are valued at more than $10 billion.

• By Basten Gokkon

If domestic order is upended, there's no telling where Russian foreign policy may go in the years ahead.

• By Tamara Evdokimova