But what could the long-term damage of these fires be for the world’s largest tropical rainforest—60 percent of which is found in Brazil? “Forest fires to clear land can also get out of control, spreading beyond the intended burn,” she told Newsweek. “This endangers wildlife and jeopardizes the livelihoods of millions. A new WWF study just reported that we’ve already seen 53 percent declines of forest species populations in the past 40 years....

New Jersey State Police said Chinna Black Payne was safely located Monday afternoon. An Amber Alert was issued earlier Monday afternoon by authorities in New Jersey as the search was underway for the missing infant. Chinna Black Payne was listed in the alert as the missing child. She was last seen near East Orange, New Jersey with 27-year-old Damion Payne. Payne was described in the alert as a Black male and driving a white 2016 Nissan Altima with Virginia license plates....

Heard, 36, is being investigated by Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) over allegations that she lied under oath after bringing her pet dogs into the country in May 2015. Following a March 2015 incident in Australia with her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, in which the pair got into an argument and Depp’s finger was severed, Heard brought their two Yorkshire terriers, Pistol and Boo, into the country....

Thanks to an aggressive military and law-enforcement effort, life is much harder for terrorists nowadays. But Al Qaeda has a history of biding its time, with a year or two usually between major attacks. Even if Osama bin Laden is killed, his network will still be operating in 60 countries, plotting revenge. It’s a natural cycle: recovery breeds relaxation, which in turn breeds new vulnerability. When the busy public moves on, the patient terrorists may move in....

“It was a well-prepared surprise,” says Mikhail Margelov, chairman of the federal Foreign Relations Committee and an ally of Putin’s. “These bases were symbols of the cold war. We wanted to remove those symbols.” That Oct. 17 meeting at the Defense Ministry did more than set the stage for another soulful Bush-Putin photo op. It was an indication of the Russian president’s growing confidence and latitude as a leader–and a measure of the power he has come to exercise over Russia’s once fractious (and often uncontrollable) government bureaucracy....

The urgency of this is not felt everywhere. Coastal, Sun-Belt regions are receiving a greater share of educated, ambitious Americans, with the Rust Belt being left behind. This creates demographic changes which can lead to a painfully divided country. This must be reversed. Almost a third of adults in the United States have moved in the last five years. They are disproportionately college-educated Americans looking for high-paying work in places like Seattle, New York or California....

The flight from London to Philadelphia was forced to divert to Dublin after a cleaning fluid spillage in one of the lavatories temporarily knocked out the two members of the cabin crew and left several passengers with itchy skin and burning eyes, according to Airport Webcams. The product had been left behind after cleaning prior to flight AA729 departing London Heathrow, leaking into the main cabin and causing a host of problems for passengers and crew, including skin and eye irritation....

The price levelled off before markets closed, but with sustained chatter around AAL on Reddit’s r/wallstreetbets community, and speculation the stock could double in price in the coming days, those eager to make a fast return, as well as the hedge funds holding short positions on the stock, will be eager to see how the share price plays out today. The price of American Airlines’s stock rocketed from $15.40 to $17....

Who would’ve thought that Disney could have me wishing I was Japanese? Having seen “Pearl Harbor,” I hope Disney will cut a lot more scenes. (I’d especially like to see the romantic moments chopped, as well as those in which you’re supposed to take Alec Baldwin seriously. Those bits bombed worse than the Japanese did.) But maybe Disney is onto something. I mean, why should historical dramas offend our current-day allies just because we used to be bitter, hateful enemies?...

It was not a stunt to impress parents. More and more colleges are getting serious about going green. In June, 284 university presidents representing some of the nation’s most influential schools announced an agreement pledging to make their campuses “carbon neutral.” The message was clear. “We’re saying that sustainability is no longer an elective,” says Cornell president David Skorton. Their motivation wasn’t merely to reduce energy consumption and waste. As a $315 billion sector of the economy—and one that will train future leaders—higher education has a special responsibility to encourage environmental stewardship....

Clarkson was in high spirits, despite the fact that she was playing at a venue with only about 3,000 seats. She had to cancel her original summer tour because she wasn’t able to sell enough tickets at larger venues. Clarkson’s new album, of songs she wrote herself, was in the news earlier this year because RCA Records president Clive Davis had expressed reservations about it. Davis reportedly wanted Clarkson to use the kind of established songwriters that made her last album “Breakaway” a hit (it sold over 5 million copies)....

Sound familiar? I was reminded of all the Vietnam films I’d watched as a kid. There’s a simple message in each of them, from “Platoon” to “Full Metal Jacket.” The war is about us , not them . Vietnam is merely the setting for Americans to understand what it means to be an American. What moral choices do we make? What is our national identity? How much strain on the psyche can we take before we crack?...

In the United States alone, there are an estimated 112,000 people currently waiting for urgent transplants, and there is, therefore, plenty of demand for the possibility of 3D-printed organs. The idea, however, has been beset with technical problems that have, to date, limited the type of organs that can be printed. But researchers at the Stevens Institute of Technology, a private research university in New Jersey, are now pushing through these barriers by revamping a decades-old technique to reproduce any tissue type....

The woman, a former interpreter for the U.S. military, spoke to CNN’s Chris Cuomo from Kabul on Monday night. Identified only as Sara (which is not her real name), she told of her failed attempts to flee the country after the Taliban’s takeover. Now that the last U.S. troops have withdrawn, she said she’s lost hope she will be able to leave. “I just found out that they left, and I was just silent for a little while,” Sara told Cuomo....

Researchers estimated $140 billion in total medical debt in collections based on consumer credit reports. Americans living in lower-income communities and in the South, especially in states that did not expand Medicaid, owed the highest amount of debt. “It’s a nationwide problem. Medical debt has become the largest source of debt and collections than all other sources combined,” Wes Yin, PhD, associate professor of economics at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and the study’s co-author, tells Verywell....

Scott, a Republican, repeatedly referred to China as an “adversary” while speaking with CNBC’s Squawk Box and even said that President Donald Trump should not back off his trade war if its impacts push the U.S. into a recession prior to the 2020 election. “They’re our political adversary, economic adversary, military adversary. So we’ve got to do everything we can to take care of ourselves and see if we can get them to change....

In a speech from a bridge built in 1939 that was deemed a priority for repair in 2014, Biden spoke about the new plan in terms of how it could affect everyday Americans. “This isn’t esoteric, this isn’t some gigantic bill — it is, but it’s about what happens to ordinary people,” he said, according to The Associated Press. “Conversations around those kitchen tables that are both profound as they are ordinary: How do I cross the bridge in a snowstorm?...

A 16-year-old has been charged with two counts of aiding and abetting second-degree murder in the January death of 38-year-old Otis Elder, according to WCCO-TV. Locke’s cousin, 17-year-old Mekhi Speed, was arrested earlier this month for allegedly shooting and killing Elder. Earlier this month, court records revealed that the no-knock warrant that led to Locke’s death was requested by Minneapolis police because of the alleged “violent” history of the suspects tied to Elder’s death....

In February, Locke was fatally shot by police officers during the execution of a “no-knock” search warrant. On Wednesday, the Hennepin County District Attorney’s Office announced that it is not filing criminal charges against the officer who fatally shot Locke, saying that there is “insufficient admissible evidence to file criminal charges in this case.” In response, the district attorney’s office wrote, “Under Minnesota Statute section 609.066, the analysis must be evaluated from the perspective of an objectively reasonable officer in a similar situation, not the victim....

Klobuchar made the statement in an interview with Ed O’Keefe just after an event in New Hampshire, which will hold its presidential primary on Tuesday, CBS News reported. O’Keefe brought up the fact that, at the presidential debate held on Friday, Klobuchar was the only candidate to raise their hand to admit that they would be bothered with having a democratic socialist representing the Democrats in November’s general election....