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Nation

Raking leaves this fall? If you leave them be, you’re doing the planet a favor

It’s autumn and that means leaves are littering lawns around the country. Time to take out the rake and bag up them up, right? Wrong.

World

Magawa, an African Giant Pouched Rat, was awarded a gold medal from the PDSA for his working detecting landmines in Cambodia.

World

The World War II era explosive was found on a beach north of Weston-Super-Mare, a popular seaside vacation town in the Bristol Channel.

Nation

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s plan to increase law enforcement in Portland faced criticism as President Donald Trump defended a caravan of his supporters.

Nation

For many families, day care is the only option, but that opens up many other questions about child care and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

News

Baltimore City Fire Department said in a Facebook post that at least three homes were involved in the gas explosion that killed at least one woman.

World

The cat’s test results were confirmed last week at a lab in South East England, said Christine Middlemiss, the U.K.’s chief veterinary officer.

World

St. Bernard’s were bred to rescue people from the treacherous Alpine peaks, but Daisy needed some help on England’s Scafell Pike.

Tech

President Donald Trump said Thursday he knows “nothing about” QAnon, a growing, yet baseless, far-right conspiracy theory.

Nation

Weeks of protest and the presence of federal agents in Portland have brought the national spotlight on the Oregon city amid calls for racial justice.