| Latest worldwide news | Settlement Is Given a Mixed Reception | | | Some family members of players involved in the concussion lawsuit were mostly positive about the outcome while the response from a few current and retired players was mixed. |
| Detroit launches two-month review of city assets | | | DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit will begin to assess the value of its assets, including parking meters, real estate, and a portion of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) collection, in what the city called a "necessary part" of its restructuring efforts. |
| Bloomberg on climate change | | | For the first time in human history, more than half the world's population is living in cities, which now produce approximately 70 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. That puts cities on the frontlines of the battle against climate change -- and more and more cities are leading the charge. |
| Climate change may up violence | | | A new study in the journal Science shows that shifts in climate historically have been associated with violent conflicts, and that the risk of violence will rise with man-made climate change. |
| North Korea executes leader's ex | | | Aug. 29 The ex-girlfriend of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was among several performers put to death on pornography allegations, a South Korean newspaper reports. Lindsey Parietti reports. |
| City Room A Quiet Beauty Flying By | | | Many New York City shorelines afford a chance to stand with your boots in the mud, surrounded by the sights, smells and sounds of the North American shorebirds journey. |
| The Curator of Bushwick | | | In just over a year, Joe Ficalora, a Bushwick native, has transformed his neighborhood into one of the worlds greatest destinations for street art. |
| Bizarre species 'Chewbacca bat' | | | The 'Chewbacca bat' and a frog that doesn't hop are among the weird and wonderful species found by researchers in Mozambique. |
| Jerry Wolman, Eagles and Flyers Owner, Dies at 86 | | | Mr. Wolman, a real estate developer, fulfilled his childhood dream of owning the N.F.L.s Philadelphia Eagles in 1963, at age 36, and also was a co-founder of the N.H.L.s Philadelphia Flyers in the 1960s. |
| Girl, 4, crushed by bulldozer in China | | | The death of a four-year-old girl run over by a bulldozer in rural China has triggered outrage on Chinese social media, rekindling anger over the issue of forced evictions. |
| Sheryl Crow finds new 'home' in country music's Nashville | | | NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Sheryl Crow has spent the past seven years living the country life in country music's capital with her country music friends, but the Grammy-winning rocker has only now come around to recording a country music album. |
| U.S. allows states to legalize recreational marijuana within limits | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a move marijuana advocates hailed as an historic shift, the Obama administration on Thursday began giving U.S. states wide leeway to experiment with pot legalization and started by letting Colorado and Washington carry out new laws permitting recreational use. |
| Seattle rains water balloons | | | Aug. 19 - Hundreds of thousands of water balloons fly through the air as Seattle residents attempt to break the world record for the largest water balloon fight. Tara Cleary reports. |
| Royal parents | | | Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, made her first public appearance Friday alongside her husband, Prince William, just over a month after she gave birth to Prince George. |
| When Lohan met Oprah we learned... | | | Sunday night marked the first time we've heard from Lindsay Lohan since her most recent stint in rehab, in her eagerly awaited pow wow with Oprah Winfrey. |
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