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Cattle graze in pasture formed by cleared rainforest land in Pará, Brazil. A new online tool makes it easier for food companies to detect this kind of land-clearing by their suppliers.

Don't Cut Those Trees — Big Food Might Be Watching

Dozens of food companies have promised to stop their suppliers from clearing forests in order to grow crops or graze cattle. Now the companies have a tool to monitor those farmers from space.

D.C. Officials Start To Rethink Swimming Ban In Rivers After Years Of Cleanup Efforts

Swimming has been banned in some of the nation's urban rivers for decades because of pollution. Now, the waterways are becoming cleaner and D.C. may allow swimming in the Potomac and Anacostia.

Kentucky Coal Miners Protest After Not Being Paid By Company That Declared Bankruptcy

Coal miners in Harlan, Ky., are protesting this week after Blackjewel, one of the nation's largest coal companies, declared bankruptcy without enough money to pay workers their final paychecks.

6 Questions Congress May Ask Robert Mueller During His Testimony

In two separate hearings on Wednesday, Democrats want Americans who haven't read Mueller's findings to see and hear them instead. Republicans want to take the former special counsel down a peg.

Boris Johnson To Lead Britain As Its Next Prime Minister

Members of the ruling conservative party have voted for Boris Johnson to replace Theresa May, who is resigning. Johnson, a former foreign secretary and mayor of London, is a Brexit supporter.

Boris Johnson, who has been elected the U.K.'s incoming prime minister, arrives at the Conservative Party's headquarters in central London on Tuesday.

Hard-Line Brexiteer Boris Johnson To Become Britain's New Prime Minister

Johnson will inherit a slate of problems from Theresa May, including a small majority in Parliament, government resignations and escalations with Iran. And then there's Brexit.

Vocalist Jarina de Marco performs at RudioFest in Chicago.

What We Heard At The Best Festivals For Latin Alternative Music

Alt.Latino hits the road to visit RuidoFest in Chicago, NuevoFest in Philadelphia and the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) in NYC.

Former Chinese Premier Li Peng, shown here at the United Nations in 2000, has died at 90.

Li Peng, Chinese Premier Known As 'Butcher Of Beijing,' Dies At 90

History will likely judge that Li deserved his moniker for his role in the Tiananmen Square massacre. He appeared on television to declare martial law. After that, troops descended on protesters.

In 2016, dozens of people associated with the U.S. Embassy in Havana began reporting symptoms of what became known as "Havana syndrome."

Brain Scans Find Differences But No Injury In U.S. Diplomats Who Fell Ill In Cuba

Advanced MRI scans of 40 embassy workers who developed health problems in Havana found no evidence to support claims that they were attacked or suffered brain injuries.

Jason Carney designed and installed the solar array on the roof of his house in Nashville, Tenn. He wants to introduce more people in minority communities to the advantages of solar energy.

Stepping Into The Sun: A Mission To Bring Solar Energy To Communities Of Color

Solar energy has taken off across the U.S. As an African American working in the industry, Jason Carney wants to make sure minority communities don't miss out on the energy savings or the green jobs.

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