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But surging prescriptions of stimulant drugs worry some

A growing number of translated Japanese books have been released in the U.S. in recent years. There there are more than a dozen coming out this fall alone — including titles by emerging writers. (Image credit: Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR)

The UN is appealing for $160m (£136m) in emergency funding to help Pakistan deal with devastating floods.

Cigarette use has been declining for decades, while marijuana use has been on the rise, according to a new Gallup survey in the U.S. (Image credit: Mary Altaffer/AP)

West Bank activists claim security forces evicted them violently, allege political motivation by Lapid and Gantz

Zombie ice, or doomed ice that is no longer getting replenished by parent glaciers will raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches, according to a new study. (Image credit: Felipe Dana/AP)

The European Union is being asked to join member countries along the Russian border and reject tourist travel by Russians.

Latino comic book fans have taken to social media to call out DC Comics’ latest attempt at appealing to their Latino fans. Art shows DC superheroes holding or eating a variety of Latin American foods. (Image credit: DC Comics)

Kids living on the Hopi reservation get to drop in on a new halfpipe in the town’s first ever skate park thanks to a team of five teens known as Skate264. (Image credit: Deidra Honyumptewa)

Until blackouts begin or pump prices make driving actually unaffordable, most people generally think no more often of energy than of air. For this reason, Americans have mostly been sheltered from the energy crisis unfolding urgently and in some cases