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(NEW YORK) -- A proposal from the Trump administration to revise the Endangered Species Act could have critical impacts on the most vulnerable animals, plants and habitats throughout the U.S., according to environmental advocates.Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of the Interior outlined several rules within the ESA that it plans to roll back.Included in the proposed revisions are changes to the listing of protected species and critical habitat (50 […]

(NEW YORK) -- A significant change in the atmosphere means the weeks after Thanksgiving could be colder and snowier than normal across portions of the United States.It's all thanks to a disruption in the polar vortex. Here's what you need to know.Why is this happening?Our atmosphere consists of many layers of moving air; the troposphere is where our weather happens and above it is the stratosphere. Over both poles, a […]

(WASHINGTON) -- As President Donald Trump pushes Ukraine and Russia to commit to a peace deal before Thanksgiving, both leaders suggested they would engage on it but signaled doubts it could succeed.Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his country may face a difficult choice between losing its "dignity" or the support of its most important ally --presumably the United States, though Zelenskyy didn't mention by name -- as the Trump administration pressured Kyiv to accept […]