A Houston-area chemical plant that lost power after Harvey engulfed the area in extensive floods was rocked by two explosions early Thursday, the plant's operator said.
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The head of the World Health Organization has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening globally and things won't return to "the old normal" for some time.
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US grapples with pandemic as its origins are traced in China
The United States was grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world on Monday, as Florida shattered the national record for a state's largest single-day increase in new confirmed cases and the World Health Organization warned that the pandemic is worsening globally and that "there will be no return to the old normal for the foreseeable future."
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Fact check: Trump team's false comfort on schools, virus
President Donald Trump's aides are misrepresenting the record on kids and the coronavirus as they push for schools to reopen.
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Germany aims to make its EU presidency 'climate neutral'
German is aiming to make its six-month presidency of the European Union "climate neutral," by organizing events in such a way as to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and offsetting any that can't be avoided, officials said Monday.
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Kelly Preston, actor and wife of John Travolta, dies at 57
Kelly Preston, who played dramatic and comic foil to actors ranging from Tom Cruise in "Jerry Maguire" to Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Twins," died Sunday, husband John Travolta said. She was 57.
