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Andrew Wheeler; Scott Pruitt (AP/Getty/Salon)

Pruitt's gone: EPA still terrible

Amanda Marcotte
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Study: Flying may be bad for your health

Nicole Karlis
An oil platform off the coast of Brazil (Wikimedia)

Governments are suing oil companies

Patrick Parenteau - The Conversation
(AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

The West is burning

Eric Holthaus - Grist
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Essential reads: Coping with heat waves

Jennifer Weeks - The Conversation

What happens if I eat moldy cheese?

Katie Macdonald - Food52
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Mother’s milk, for thousands of years

Joan Y. Meek - The Conversation
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How to cultivate new buds as you age

Bruce Horovitz - KFF Health News
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Alcohol health risks may be underplayed

Christina Mair - The Conversation
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Why women outlive men

Dr. Neil Baum,  Dr. Scott Miller
(Paul Aiken/Daily Camera via AP)

We’ve entered the era of "fire tsunamis"

Eric Holthaus
(Shutterstock)

Insurers fall short in catching fraud

Chad Terhune - KFF Health News
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A cliff dwelling preserved for millennia by the dry high-desert climate was included in a March 20 lease sale for oil and gas companies in southeast Utah. Officials from the federal Bureau of Land Management published confidential information online about locations and descriptions of almost 900 Native American antiquities, including cliff dwellings, in Utah. (Steven St. John for Reveal)

Feds divulge secret Native American info

Jennifer Oldham - Reveal
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Inmates cannot be saved from Hep C

Siraphob Thanthong-Knight - KFF Health News
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Battle against radiation safety warnings

Lynne Peeples - FairWarning
File-This undated file photo from Oregon State University shows a school of yellow tang off the coast of Hawaii. The waters off the Hawaii’s largest island are home to a half-million brightly-colored tropic fish that are scooped up into nets each year and flown across the globe into aquariums from Berlin to Boston. Scientists say the aquarium fishery off the Big Island is among the best managed in the world, but it has nevertheless become the focus of a fight over whether it’s ever appropriate to remove fish from reefs for people to look at and enjoy. (AP Photo/Oregon State University, Bill Walsh,File) NO SALES (AP Photo/Oregon State University, Bill Walsh,File)

The weird and wonderful world of fish

Brittney Borowiec
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James Holmes (AP/Photo montage by Salon)

A dark knight in Aurora

Dr. William H. Reid
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Heat check

Justine Calma - Grist
(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

America’s addictions

Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch.com
(Justin Hamilton/Pexels/Independent Media Institute)

Wireless tech becoming invisible weapon

Reynard Loki - Independent Media Institute
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Electricity costs up, air quality down

Sarah Okeson
(AP/Matt Rourke)

$4.7 billion award in baby powder suit

Nicole Karlis
Brett Kavanaugh; "The Handmaid's Tale" (Getty/Hulu/Salon)

22 states are ready to ban abortion

Julie Rovner - KFF Health News
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Should you let your dog lick your face?

Jennifer Tsang
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