“Hey hey ho ho climate change has got to go!” Chants and drums rang through the streets of downtown Washington, D.C. yesterday afternoon during the peak of rush hour traffic. About 500 people gathered from different sectors, advocacy groups, and areas of the region to rally around the fight for climate and social justice as a part of the People’s Climate Movement’s National Day … [Read more...]

Two employees at a Colorado Wendy’s have been fired after a child received a playing card containing a racist note instead of a toy. Manige Osowski told ABC News today that her 7 year-old daughter received a deck of cards in her kids' meal in place of a tag game at the local Wendy’s in Arvada, Colo. last week. … [Read more...]

China hosted Southeast Asian defense ministers in an effort to burnish its reputation in a region wary of its territorial ambitions, while expectations grow that the U.S. might directly challenge Chinese claims in the South China Sea. … [Read more...]

A baby girl was thrown from a sixth-floor window of an apartment building to her death on Thursday, witnesses and police said, making her the third child killed that way in the city in three months. … [Read more...]

Private jets that used to crowd the airport here have been grounded, their wings clipped by the new government’s crackdown on corruption. Rolls-Royces, Range Rovers and Jaguars are gathering dust in the showroom of this capital’s top car dealer. Luxury villas are left unsold, as is the fine Italian marble used to bedeck the homes of Nigeria’s newly rich. … [Read more...]

A group of migrants who were trying to get to the U.K. from France thought they would hitch a ride on green truck, but they were in for a surprise when they opened the back. Rather than just some boxes of standard cargo, the men opened the back of the truck at a slow point in traffic to realize that there was a polar bear inside. … [Read more...]

In a joint statement released Wednesday by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, 14 major Fortune 500 companies voiced their support for a strong global agreement on climate change. The 14-company coalition represents a broad set of business interests, from technology giants like Intel and HP to the electronics manufacturer Siemens Corporation. … [Read more...]

Is it too late to save Miami from sea level rise? If you want to know whether your city has the potential to be underwater due to rising sea levels, there’s now a map for that. … [Read more...]

At least nine homes have been destroyed by a Central Texas wildfire that has grown to more than 3 square miles and no injuries have been reported. Bastrop County Judge Paul Pepe said the number of homes burned could grow in the next few days. … [Read more...]

European Union leaders faced stern warnings at a summit meeting Thursday over failed pledges to tackle the refugee emergency, as well as growing pressure to strengthen external borders and unify their asylum policies. … [Read more...]