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Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth

A growing number of researchers in the field are using their expertise to fight the climate crisis.

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Minnesota and Wisconsin See Air Quality Warnings From Canadian Wildfires

Smoke from wildfires drifted south over the weekend.

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U.N. agency that helps Palestinians says it has closed its headquarters in East Jerusalem after attacks and fire.

The main United Nations agency that aids Palestinians, known as UNRWA, said on Thursday that it had temporarily closed its…

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Inquiry Into Johannesburg Fire Blames City Officials for Deadly Conditions

Although a resident confessed to setting the August 2023 blaze that killed 76 people in a dilapidated building, a report…

Real Estate

Rebuilding After a Fire. Are Things Really Just Things?

A writer reflects on what it means to lose nearly everything in a disaster, as she moves into a new…

Travel

As Lahaina Burned, Fire Crews Waited an Hour for Equipment

A new analysis of the August inferno on the island of Maui in Hawaii described heroic efforts by firefighters. But…

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Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange Building Partly Collapses in Fire

The 17th-century building, one of the city’s best-known structures, was once the financial center of Denmark.

Arts

‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ Review: A Met Milestone Returns

After making history as the Metropolitan Opera’s first work by a Black composer, Terence Blanchard’s “Fire” is back — with…

Travel

How California’s Fire Season Might Shape Up This Year

It’s been a rainy winter, but that won’t necessarily mean fewer wildfires.

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29 Killed in Fire at Istanbul Nightclub

The fire took place at Masquerade, a popular club that was closed to the public and undergoing renovations. Six people…

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