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COPENHAGEN – Negotiators moved closer to a deal to protect the world’s forests with a pledge from the United States and five other countries to spend $3.5 billion over the next three years to slow their destruction. The plan to reduce and eventually reverse deforestation in developing countries is a …

PORT ST. JOE, Fla. – A mysterious photo of a young boy sent to police and media here has rekindled interest in a 20-year-old mystery surrounding a Polaroid of a young boy and girl, seemingly bound behind their backs, their mouths covered with tape. The recently received picture shows a …

The frantic rush Tuesday to rescue hundreds of villagers feared dead in mudslides in southern Taiwan was an apparent success, as Reuters reported that all of the people had made it to higher ground. But although rescuers found the villagers, their homes were gone. The survivors, about 700, had made …