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Alaskan glacier seen shrinking over time in incredible new images

The retreat of Alaska's Columbia glacier over the last 47 years can be seen in a new series of incredible images.
Greenland ice melt 'is accelerating,' new study reveals

The Greenland ice sheet's losses have accelerated dramatically since the 1990s and it's now losing more than seven times as much ice per year, according to a new study.
Shocking video of python, honey badger and jackals fighting each other goes viral

A shocking video of a python, honey badger and two jackals fighting each other has gone viral after a group of tourists recorded it on safari in Africa.

Pete Buttigieg earns 3 'Pinocchios' over claim he slashed black poverty rate 'by more than half' in South Bend, Ind.

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was awarded “Three Pinocchios” – the highest bluff rating on The Washington Post’s Fact Checker scale – after claiming last week that he had “cut the black […]
Pentagon to evaluate legality of putting troops at US-Mexico border

The Pentagon's independent investigations office announced Tuesday that the legality of the Trump administration’s use of the military at the U.S. border with Mexico will be evaluated.
Russia's Sergey Lavrov meets with Trump, Pompeo, dismisses election-interference worries

After meeting with President Trump at the White House in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said there was no talk of election interference and brushed off the notion that it was a topic of importance.

Boris Johnson smashes through 'gridlock' wall in push to 'get Brexit done'

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson symbolically ended Brexit gridlock Tuesday by driving a bulldozer through a wall of foam bricks.
Somalia shootout spreads from presidential palace to hotel; 5 Islamic extremist rebels killed

Extremists from Al Qaeda-linked Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabab attacked the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Tuesday, which led to a shootout that spread from the heavily fortified government complex to a nearby hotel.
Reindeer starving in Arctic as ice piles on top of snow

Reindeer in the Swedish arctic are facing food supply shortages and going hungry.

Runner who slapped TV reporter’s behind speaks out

The jogger who brazenly slapped a Georgia reporter’s behind on live TV spoke out for the first time in an interview Tuesday, claiming he didn’t realize where he’d touched the journalist.
Michael Avenatti looking to hide luxury expenses from Nike extortion trial jury

Michael Avenatti doesn’t want jurors to know he was struggling to pay off a Ferrari, a Porsche and an airplane around the same time he allegedly tried to extort Nike out of more than $20 million.
Jersey City detective killed in shooting is remembered for helping get many guns off the streets

A cop who was among six people killed in a shootout that brought the streets of Jersey City to a standstill Tuesday had been credited with having led the department in the number of illegal guns removed from the streets in recent years, according to […]